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<p id="Chapter31" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>CHAPTER 31
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<p id="Isa31_1"><a onclick="return mV('Isa',31,'1-9');">Isa 31:1-9</a>. THE CHIEF STRENGTH OF THE EGYPTIAN ARMIES LAY IN THEIR CAVALRY.
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<p><b>1. and stay on horses, and trust in chariots</b>—In their level and fertile plains horses could easily be used and fed (<a onclick="return mV('Exd',14,9);">Exd 14:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('1Ki',10,28);">1Ki 10:28</a>). In hilly Palestine horses were not so easily had or available. The Jews were therefore the more eager to get Egyptian chariots as allies against the Assyrian cavalry. In Assyrian sculptures chariots are represented drawn by three horses, and with three men in them (see <a onclick="return mV('Isa',36,9);">Isa 36:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',20,7);">Psa 20:7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',9,13);">Dan 9:13</a>).
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<p id="Isa31_2"><b>2. he also is wise</b>—as well as the Egyptian priests, so famed for wisdom (<a onclick="return mV('Act',7,22);">Act 7:22</a>), but who are "fools" before Him (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',19,11);">Isa 19:11</a>). He not only devises, but executes what He devises without "calling back His words" (<a onclick="return mV('Num',23,19);">Num 23:19</a>).
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<br><br><b>home</b>—the whole race.
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<br><br><b>help</b>—the Egyptian succor sought by the Jews.
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<p id="Isa31_3"><b>3. not spirit</b>—not of divine power (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',56,4);">Psa 56:4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',146,3,5);">146:3, 5</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Zec',4,6);">Zec 4:6</a>).
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<br><br><b>he that helpeth</b>—Egypt.
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<br><br><b>holpen</b>—Judah.
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<p id="Isa31_4"><b>4.</b> (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',42,13);">Isa 42:13</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Hsa',11,10);">Hsa 11:10</a>).
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<br><br><b>roaring on</b>—"growling over" his prey.
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<br><br><b>abase himself</b>—be disheartened or frightened.
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<p id="Isa31_5"><b>5.</b> As in the image of "the lion," the point of comparison is the fearless might of Jehovah; so in that of the birds, it is His solicitous affection (<a onclick="return mV('Deu',32,11);">Deu 32:11</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',91,4);">Psa 91:4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Mat',23,37);">Mat 23:37</a>).
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<br><br><b>flying</b>—Rather, "which defend" their young with their wings; "to fly" is a secondary meaning of the <i>Hebrew</i> word [MAURER]. "Hovering over" to protect their young [G. V. SMITH].
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<br><br><b>passing over</b>—as the destroying angel <i>passing over, so as to spare</i> the blood-marked houses of the Israelites on the first passover (<a onclick="return mV('Exd',12,13,23,27);">Exd 12:13, 23, 27</a>). He passed, or <i>leaped forward</i> [LOWTH], to <i>destroy</i> the enemy and to spare His people.
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<p id="Isa31_6"><b>6.</b> The power and love of Jehovah, just mentioned, are the strongest incentives for returning to Him (<a onclick="return mV('Eze',16,62,63);">Eze 16:62-63</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Hsa',6,1);">Hsa 6:1</a>).
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<br><br><b>ye...Israel</b>—The change of person marks that when they return to the Lord, He will address them in more direct terms of communion in the second person; so long as they were <i>revolters,</i> God speaks <i>of</i> them, as more at a distance, in the third person, rather than to them.
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<p id="Isa31_7"><b>7.</b> In the day of trial the idols will be found to render no help and will therefore be cast away. Compare as to the future restoration and conversion of Israel simultaneously with the interposition of Jehovah in its defense, <a onclick="return mV('Zec',12,'9-14');">Zec 12:9-14</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Zec',13,1,2);">13:1-2</a>.
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<br><br><b>for a sin</b>—that is, whereby especially you contracted guilt (<a onclick="return mV('1Ki',12,30);">1Ki 12:30</a>).
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<p id="Isa31_8"><b>8. Assyrian</b>—Sennacherib, representative of some powerful head of the ungodly in the latter ages [HORSLEY].
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<br><br><b>sword, not of...mighty...mean man</b>—but by the unseen sword of God.
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<br><br><b>flee</b>—Sennacherib alone <i>fled</i> homewards after his army had been destroyed (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',37,37);">Isa 37:37</a>).
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<br><br><b>young men</b>—the flower of his army.
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<br><br><b>discomfited</b>—rather, "shall be subject to slavery"; literally, "shall be liable to tribute," that is, personal service (<a onclick="return mV('Deu',20,11);">Deu 20:11</a> <a onclick="return mV('Jos',9,21);">Jos 9:21</a>) [MAURER]. Or, not so well, "shall melt away" [ROSENMULLER].
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<p id="Isa31_9"><b>9.</b> Rather, "<i>shall pass beyond</i> his strongholds"; he Shall not stop to take refuge in it through fear (<a onclick="return mV('Jdg',20,47);">Jdg 20:47</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',48,28);">Jer 48:28</a>) [GESENIUS].
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<br><br><b>ensign</b>—the banner of Jehovah protecting the Jews [MAURER].
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<br><br><b>fire...furnace</b>—"light" and "fire," namely, of Jehovah's <i>altar</i> at Jerusalem (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',29,1);">Isa 29:1</a>). Perhaps "furnace," as distinguished from "fire," may mean that His <i>dwelling-place</i> (His hearth) was at Jerusalem (compare <a onclick="return mV('Isa',4,5);">Isa 4:5</a>); or else the <i>fiery furnace</i> awaiting all the enemies who should attack Jerusalem.
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