Isaiah 31:3

Now the Egyptians are men, and not God,.... Be it that they are mighty, they are not mighty, as God is; and indeed they are but frail, feeble, mortal, and mutable men, and therefore not to be trusted…

Now the Egyptians are men - They are nothing but people; they have no power but such as other people possess. The idea here is, that the case in reference to which they sought aid was one in which…

He that helpeth (the Egyptians) shall fall and he that is holpen (the Israelites) shall fall down-together.

This is the last of four chapters together that begin with woe; and they are all woes to the sinners that were found among the professing people of God, to the drunkards of Ephraim (Isa 28:1), to…

men, and not God … flesh, and not spirit In these antitheses Isaiah formulates his religious conception of history. The present crisis has not been brought about by the mere collision of earthly…