Isaiah 14:31

Howl, gates! Weep, town! Melt away in fear, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke is approaching from the north—an army with no soldier hanging back.

Free Bible Version

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

30The poor will have food, and the needy will live in safety, but you Philistines will die in a famine, and I will kill those who survive.

32What will be the answer given to the messengers from that nation? “The Lord was the one who laid the foundations of Zion, and that's where his suffering people will be kept safe.”

Read all of Isaiah 14

Cross References

Isaiah 13:6Howl in fear, for the day of the Lord is approaching—the time when the Almighty destroys.

Isaiah 16:7All the Moabites grieve for Moab. They all mourn the loss of the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, all of them destroyed.

Isaiah 24:12The city is in a horrible state of ruin; its gates have been broken down.

Jeremiah 25:16They will drink and stumble around and go mad because of the war brought by the armies I'm sending to attack 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Isaiah 14:31