The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 31:3
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God . Judah relied on Pharaoh, as on a sort of God, which indeed he was considered in his own country. Isaiah asserts the contrary in the strongest way: the Egyptians, one and all, are men—mere men; and "there is no help in them" ( Psalms 146:3 ). Their horses flesh, and not spirit . The horses, on which so much reliance was placed, were mere animals, subject to all the weakness of the animal nature, not spirit-horses, with a life and vigor of their... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 31:2-3
The folly of trusting in an arm of flesh. "Put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of man ," says the psalmist ( Psalms 146:3 ); " for there is no help in them." All human props are uncertain— I. BECAUSE OF HUMAN CHANGEFULNESS . Men do not continue always of one mind. They make promises, and regret that they have made them, and find some way of escaping their force, or else boldly break them with a cynical disregard to what others may think or say. Their interests... read more