A message the Lord God
revealed to Isaiah the prophet:
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. 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 shall fail together. For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it. Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin. Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.-Isaiah 31:1-9***Immediately before the Israelites followed Moses and his older brother Aaron across the divinely parted Red Sea, after Moses and Aaron led them away from Egyptian slavery, the Israelites panicked and told Moses that they had not wanted to leave Egypt. Throughout their journey in the desert wilderness, the Israelites murmured reminiscently several times and sought to return to Egypt. During the 40th year of their journey to Canaan, the Promised Land, 123-year-old Aaron died and was buried upon Mount Hor. Shortly thereafter, Moses recounted the history of the Israelites to them. Moses explained the commandments, judgments, statutes, and laws that the Lord God gave for the Israelites. Moses told the Israelites that the king they would place over them must not increase the number of horses owned, nor send anyone to Egypt to get more horses. According to the command of the Lord God, Moses told the Israelites that they must not return that way again nor be fearful whenever they saw enemies greatly prepared with an army, horses and chariots. Moses described the blessings and curses that would occur and the actions that would cause the Lord God to return the Israelites to Egypt. When Moses went upon Mount Nebo, the Lord God showed Moses the Promised Land, and 120-year-old Moses died and was divinely buried. Joshua, Moses' successor, led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the Promised Land, the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and to Abraham's son Isaac, and to Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and to their descendants. After 110-year-old Joshua died and was buried in his tribe's portion of the Promised Land, the Israelites were led by elders, judges, their own minds, and eventually kings. Saul, from the tribe of Jacob's 12th born son Benjamin, was the 1st king to reign over the Israelites in the Promised Land. David, from the tribe of Jacob's 4th born son Judah, was the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites. Solomon, the 2nd child born to David and Bathsheba, was the 3rd king to reign. Rehoboam, the son born to Solomon and Naamah, was the 4th king to reign over all of the Israelites. After Rehoboam gave a specific answer, the Israelites split into 2 kingdoms, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of Solomon. Judah was the nation in the south, Jerusalem was the royal city and Rehoboam was the 1st king to reign. Israel was the northern nation, Samaria was the final royal city, and Jeroboam, the son born to Nebat and Zeruah, was the 1st king to reign. Murderers and idolaters always ruled the northern nation of Israel. During the 20-year reign of King Pekah, the 18th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel, the Assyrians invaded the kingdom and King Tiglath-pileser, ruler of Assyria, began taking Israelites to Assyria. During the 9th year of the reign of King Hoshea, the 19th king to rule the northern nation, the Assyrians conquered Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. The descendants of David, Solomon and Rehoboam successively ruled Judah, except for the 6-year reign of Athaliah. Rehoboam's grandson King Asa, Asa's son King Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat's great-great-great-grandson King Uzziah (Azariah), Uzziah's son King Jotham, Jotham's grandson King Hezekiah, and Hezekiah's great-grandson King Josiah were the only kings who ruled Judah and only worshiped the Lord God. During Rehoboam's 17-year reign, King Shishak, ruler of Egypt, invaded Jerusalem. During Hezekiah's 29-year reign, King Sennacherib, ruler of Assyria, accused Hezekiah of seeking help from Egypt. Josiah was killed after challenging Egyptian king Pharaoh Necho (Nechoh). Necho took Josiah's successor King Jehoahaz, the son born to Josiah and Hamutal, captive to Egypt. During the reign of Jehoahaz's successor King Jehoiakim (Eliakim), the son born to Josiah and Zebudah, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) invaded Judah and Jerusalem, and King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of Babylon, began looting the temple of the Lord. During the reign of Jehoiakim's successor King Jehoiachin (Jeconiah/Coniah), the son born to Jehoiakim and Nehushta, the Babylonians took more prominent Israelites to Babylon. Jehoiachin's successor King Zedekiah (Mattaniah), another son born to Josiah and Hamutal, sought help from Egypt. During the 11th year of Zedekiah's reign, the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. Over 500 years after Israelites began returning to Judah and Jerusalem, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Sometime after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary in Bethlehem, approximately 6 miles from Jerusalem, Joseph, Mary and Jesus stayed in Egypt for a short while, according to the instructions an angel of the Lord spoke to Joseph.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Leviticus 26:1-46, Numbers 11:1-35, 13:1-14:45, 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges, 1 Samuel 1:1-3:21, 8:1-31:13, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 7:20-29, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
Reference Information:
holpen = azur = help, protect, surround
stay = yissaenu = shaan = rely, rest on
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