Self-interpreting Bible

1 WOE ^ato them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; ^bbut they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

• a: Is. 30:1 - 7 , Is. 30:16 , Is. 36:9 , Is. 57:9 , Ps. 20:7 , Ps. 20:8 , Ps. 33:16 , Ps. 33:17 , De. 17:18 , De. 28:68 , Ho. 11:5
• b: 2Ch. 16:7 , 2Ch. 16:8 , Je. 17:5 , Je. 2:13 , Ho. 7:7 , Ho. 7:10 , Ho. 7:16 , Ho. 11:7 , Is. 22:11 , Is. 17:7 , Is. 17:8

2 Yet ^che also is wise, and will bring evil, and ^dwill not ¹call back his words: but will ^earise against the house of the evildoers, and against ^fthe help of them that work iniquity.

• c: 1Ti. 1:17 , Ro. 11:33 , Ro. 11:34 , Is. 40:12 , Is. 40:13 , Job 5:12 , Job 5:13 , Am. 3:6 , Is. 30:13 , Is. 30:14 , Zec. 1:6
• d: Nu. 23:19
• 1: Heb. remove.
• e: Ps. 68:1 , Ps. 68:2 , Zep. 3:8
• f: Is. 31:3 , Is. 30:3 , Is. 30:7 , Isaiah 19 , Isaiah 20

3 Now the Egyptians are ^gmen, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD ^hshall stretch out his hand, ⁱboth he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is ^*holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

• g: Ps. 9:20 , Ps. 60:11 , Ps. 146:3 , Ps. 146:4 , Ps. 39:5 , Ps. 62:9 , Eze. 28:9 , Is. 36:6 , Is. 2:22
• h: Je. 15:6 , Zep. 2:13
• i: Is. 20:4 - 6 , 2Ki. 18:13 , Je. 17:5
• *: holpen-helped.

4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, ^jLike as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor ^*abase himself for the ²noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

• j: Is. 5:29 , Is. 30:27 - 33 , Is. 10:16 - 19 , Is. 10:33 , Is. 10:34 , Mi. 5:5 - 8 , Is. 37:7 , Is. 37:35 , Is. 37:36 , Je. 50:33 , Je. 50:34 , Pr. 30:30 , Pr. 5:14 , Ho. 11:10 , Am. 1:2 , Am. 3:8 , Is. 42:13
• *: abase-humble, humiliate.
• 2: Or, multitude.

5 ^kAs birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

• k: Ps. 46:5 , De. 32:11 , Ex. 12:23 , Ps. 91:4 , Ps. 125:2 , Ps. 17:8 , Ps. 36:7 , Ps. 57:1 , Ps. 61:5 , Mat. 23:37 , Zec. 2:5 , Zec. 9:15 , Zec. 12:8 , Is. 37:35 , Is. 37:36

6 ¶^lTurn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have ^mdeeply revolted.

• l: Je. 3:1 , Je. 3:4 , Je. 3:12 , Je. 3:14 , Je. 3:22 , Je. 31:18 - 20 , Eze. 18:30 , Eze. 33:11 , Ho. 14:1 - 3 , Ho. 14:8 , Ho. 9:9 , Ho. 9:15 , 2:12 , 2:13 , Is. 44:22 , Is. 55:6 , Is. 55:7
• m: 2Ki. 17:7 - 17 , Isaiah 1 , Isaiah 3 , Isaiah 5 , Isaiah 9 , Isaiah 59 , Micah 2 , Micah 3 , Hosea 4 - 12 , Amos 2 - 4

7 For in that day every man shall ⁿcast away his idols of silver, and ³his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

• n: Is. 2:20 , Is. 1:29 , Is. 27:9 , Is. 30:22 , Is. 17:8 , Ho. 14:3 , Ho. 14:8 , Ho. 2:15 - 17 , Mi. 4:13 , 1Jn. 5:21
• 3: Heb. the idols of his gold.

8 ¶^oThen shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee ⁴from the sword, and his young men shall be ⁵discomfited.

• o: Is. 9:4 , Is. 10:16 - 19 , Is. 10:25 - 34 , Is. 14:25 , Is. 27:1 , Is. 27:4 , Is. 29:5 - 8 , Is. 30:27 - 33 , Is. 37:7 , Is. 37:36 - 38 , Is. 33:1 , Is. 33:3 , Is. 33:11 , Is. 33:12 , Is. 33:18 , Is. 33:19 , Is. 33:23 , Ho. 1:6 , Ho. 1:7
• 4: Or, for fear of.
• 5: Or, tributary. Heb. for melting or tribute. ch. 10.18; 13.7; 19.1. Je. 18.21. , Is. 10:18 , Is. 13:7 , Is. 19:1 , Je. 18:21

9 And ⁶he shall pass over to ⁷his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of ^pthe ^*ensign, saith the LORD, whose ^qfire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

• 6: Heb. his rock shall pass away for fear.
• 7: Or, his strength. ch. 37.37. , Is. 37:37
• p: Is. 11:10
• *: ensign-flag, banner, esp. a military one.
• q: Le. 6:13 , Ps. 21:9 , Is. 10:16 - 19 , Is. 24:15 , Is. 30:27 - 33 , Is. 29:2 , Is. 33:14 , Zec. 2:5 , Mal. 4:1 , Mal. 3:2 , Mal. 3:3