Isaiah 31:8
“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.
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.
Note from: or, for fear of
Note discomfited: or, tributary: Heb. for melting, or, tribute
“The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.
And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to taskwork.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- shall the
- Isaiah 10:16–19, 33, 34; Isaiah 14:25; Isaiah 29:5; Isaiah 30:27–33; Isaiah 37:35; 2 Kings 19:34–37; 2 Chronicles 32:21; Hosea 1:7
- he shall flee
- Isaiah 37:37, 38