Isaiah 14:32

What answer, then, will my people give to the representatives of the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and she will be a safe place for the poor of his people.

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In The King James Version

What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

In Context

31Send out a cry, O door! Make sounds of sorrow, O town! All your land has come to nothing, O Philistia; for there comes a smoke out of the north, and everyone keeps his place in the line.

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Cross References

2 Kings 20:12At that time, Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters with an offering to Hezekiah, because he had news that Hezekiah had been ill.

Psalms 87:1Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. A Song. This house is resting on the holy mountain.

Psalms 102:16\102:15\So the nations will give honour to the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will be in fear of his glory:

Psalms 132:13For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place.

Isaiah 4:6And a shade in the daytime from the heat, and a safe cover from storm and from rain.

Isaiah 12:6Let your voice be sounding in a cry of joy, O daughter of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 14:25-32

The Doom of the Assyrians; The Doom of the Philistines. ( b. c. 726.) 24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: 25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. 27 For… Read the whole commentary →

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