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Yet He is also wise.
He brings disaster, and does not take back His words.
He rises against the house of evildoers,
against help for workers of iniquity.
Now Egyptians are men and not God,
and their horses are flesh, not spirit.
When Adonai stretches out His hand,
    both he who helps will stumble
    and he who is helped will fall,
    and both will perish together.

A Lion Protects Zion

For thus says Adonai to me:
“As a lion or a young lion
    growls over its prey,
though a company of shepherds
    is called out against him
—their voice does not disturb him,
    nor does their noise upset him—
so Adonai-Tzva’ot will come down
    to fight on Mount Zion, on its hill.

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