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For at that time,[a] everyone will throw away their[b] idols of silver and their[c] idols of gold that your hands have sinfully made for yourselves.

“Then Assyria will fall by a sword
    that is not from human beings only[d]
        a sword not wielded by mortal beings will devour them.
They will flee from the sword,
    and their young men will be put to forced labor.
Their stronghold will vanish by reason of terror,
    and their commanders will be filled with alarm
        because of the battle standard,”

declares the Lord, whose fire is in Zion
    and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 31:7 Lit. on that day
  2. Isaiah 31:7 Lit. his
  3. Isaiah 31:7 Lit. his
  4. Isaiah 31:8 Lit. not of man

For in that day(A) every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold(B) your sinful hands have made.(C)

“Assyria(D) will fall by no human sword;
    a sword, not of mortals, will devour(E) them.
They will flee before the sword
    and their young men will be put to forced labor.(F)
Their stronghold(G) will fall because of terror;
    at the sight of the battle standard(H) their commanders will panic,(I)
declares the Lord,
    whose fire(J) is in Zion,
    whose furnace(K) is in Jerusalem.

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