What Does Isaiah 31:3 Mean?

“Now the Egyptians”

mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt

“are men”

ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and not God”

strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)

“and their horses”

a horse (as leaping)

“flesh”

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and not spirit”

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the

“When the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“shall stretch out”

to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)

“his hand”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

“shall fall”

to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall

“and he that is holpen”

to surround, i.e., protect or aid

“shall fall down”

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

“and he that is holpen”

to surround, i.e., protect or aid

“together”

properly, a unit, i.e., (adverb) unitedly

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“and they all shall fail”

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)