Wedding of Wouter & Elisabeth
Isaiah 31
1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the Lord.
2 Yet he too is wise and can bring disaster; he does not take back his words. He will rise up against that wicked nation, against those who help evildoers.
3 But the Egyptians are mere mortals and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, those who help will stumble, those who are helped will fall; all will perish together.
The Assyrians were strong and the Israelites were afraid of them. They therefore wanted to acquire more horses and hire the Egyptians to help them. God however warned them that it would bode ill for them if they trusted in man, horses and chariots for deliverance. They should in the first place trust the Lord.
You may put your trust in other things, as in money, but the same woe will be on you unless you trust in the Lord.
King Asa was a great king; but when he was old and diseased in his feat, he sought the help of physicians and did not trust the Lord. Because of this he lost out on many blessings!
Those who are married should in the first place trust in the Lord and not in each other.