Isaiah 14:31

Howl, O gate; cry, O city, || You are melted, Philistia, all of you, || For smoke has come from the north, || And there is none alone in his set places.”

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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 have delighted, || And the needy lie down in confidence, || And I have put to death your root with famine, || And it slays your remnant.

32And what does one answer the messengers of a nation? That YHWH has founded Zion, || And the poor of His people take refuge in it!

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:6Howl, for the Day of YHWH [is] near, || It comes as destruction from the Mighty.

Isaiah 16:7Therefore Moab howls for Moab, all of it howls, || It meditates for the grape-cakes of Kir-Hareseth, || They are surely struck.

Isaiah 24:12Desolation [is] left in the city, || And the gate is struck [with] ruin.

Jeremiah 25:16and they have drunk, and shaken themselves and shown themselves [to be] foolish, because of the sword that I am sending 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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