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
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.
1 tn Heb “will extend”; KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV “stretch out.”
2 tn Heb “together all of them will come to an end.”
3 tn Heb “Assyria will fall by a sword, not of a man.”
4 tn Heb “and a sword not of humankind will devour him.”
5 tn Heb “he will flee for himself from before a sword.”