Isaiah 14:31

Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! All of Philistia has been prostrated. For a smoke will arrive from the north, and there is no one who will escape his army.

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In The King James Version

Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

In Context

30And the firstborn of the poor will be pastured, and the poor will rest in faithfulness. And I will cause your root to pass away by famine, and I will put to death your remnant.

32And what will be the response to this news among the nations? It will be that the Lord has established Zion, and that the poor of his people will hope in him.

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:6Wail aloud! For the day of the Lord draws near! It will arrive like a devastation from the Lord.

Isaiah 16:7For this reason, Moab will wail to Moab; each one will wail. Speak of their wounds to those who rejoice upon the brick walls.

Isaiah 24:12Solitude is what remains in the city, and calamity will overwhelm its gates.

Jeremiah 25:16And they will drink, and be stirred up, and become maddened, before the face of the sword that I will send among them.”

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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