Isaiah 14:32

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

Literal Standard Version

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

31Howl, 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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Cross References

2 Kings 20:12At that time Berodach-Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, has sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick;

Psalms 87:1A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. A SONG. His foundation [is] in holy mountains.

Psalms 102:16For YHWH has built Zion, || He has been seen in His glory,

Psalms 132:13For YHWH has fixed on Zion, || He has desired [it] for a seat to Himself,

Isaiah 4:6And a covering may be, || For a shadow from drought by day, || And for a refuge, and for a hiding place, || From inundation and from rain!

Isaiah 12:6Cry aloud, and sing, O inhabitant of Zion, || For the Holy One of Israel [is] great in your midst!”

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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