Isaiah 31-33 - Cast Away Your Idols

From today's Bible reading:

Isaiah 31:

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
and rely on horses,
who trust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but do not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the LORD!

And yet he is wise and brings disaster;
he does not call back his words,
but will arise against the house of the evildoers
and against the helpers of those who work iniquity.

Like birds hovering, so the LORD of hosts will protect Jerusalem;
he will protect and deliver it; he will spare and rescue it.

Turn to him from whom people have deeply revolted, O children of Israel. For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you.

Isaiah 32:

Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.

Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice;
you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.

For the palace is forsaken,
the populous city deserted;
the hill and the watchtower
will become dens forever,
a joy of wild donkeys,
a pasture of flocks;
until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.

My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

And it will hail when the forest falls down,
and the city will be utterly laid low.

Happy are you who sow beside all waters,
who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.

Isaiah 33:

Ah, you destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed,
you traitor, whom none has betrayed!
When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed;
and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you.

O LORD, be gracious to us; we wait for you.
Be our arm every morning,
our salvation in the time of trouble.

Hear, you who are far off, what I have done;
and you who are near, acknowledge my might.
The sinners in Zion are afraid;
trembling has seized the godless:
Who among us can dwell with the consuming fire?
Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?

He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
who despises the gain of oppressions,
who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe,
who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed
and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
he will dwell on the heights;
his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks;
his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.

For the LORD is our judge; the LORD is our lawgiver;
the LORD is our king; he will save us.