Isaiah 31:3

31:3 The Egyptians are mere humans, not God;

their horses are made of flesh, not spirit.

The Lord will strike with ¹  his hand;

the one who helps will stumble

and the one being helped will fall.

Together they will perish. ² 

Isaiah 31:8

31:8 Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; ³ 

a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. ⁴ 

They will run away from this sword ⁵ 

and their young men will be forced to do hard labor.

[31:3]  ¹ tn Heb “will extend”; KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV “stretch out.”

[31:3]  ² tn Heb “together all of them will come to an end.”

[31:8]  ³ tn Heb “Assyria will fall by a sword, not of a man.”

[31:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and a sword not of humankind will devour him.”

[31:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “he will flee for himself from before a sword.”