Isaiah 14:31

Howl, ye gates of cities; let the cities be troubled and cry, even all the Philistines: for smoke is coming from the north, and there is no possibility of living.

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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 poor shall be fed by him, and poor men shall rest in peace: but he shall destroy thy seed with hunger, and shall destroy thy remnant.

32And what shall the kings of the nations answer? That the Lord has founded Zion, and by him the poor of the people shall be saved.

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:6Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near, and destruction from God shall arrive.

Isaiah 16:7Moab shall howl; for all shall howl in the land of Moab: but thou shalt care for them that dwell in Seth, and thou shalt not be ashamed.

Isaiah 24:12And cities shall be left desolate, and houses being left shall fall to ruin.

Jeremiah 25:16And I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four corners of heaven, and I will disperse them toward all these winds; and there shall be no nation to which they shall not come— even the outcasts of Elam.

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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