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Selected Verse: Isaiah 31:3 - King James

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Isa 31:3 King James Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
not spirit--not of divine power (Psa 56:4; Psa 146:3, Psa 146:5; Zac 4:6).

he that helpeth--Egypt.

holpen--Judah.
 
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6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.