Isaiah 14:30

And the bechorei dalim (the firstborn of the poor ones) shall eat, 1 and the evyonim (needy ones) shall lie down in safety; 1 and I will kill thy shoresh (root) with ra'av (famine), 1 and it shall slay thy she'erit (remnant, survivors). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

In Context

29Rejoice not thou, all ye of Peleshet (Philistia), 1 because the shevet (rod) of him that struck thee is broken; 1 for out of the shoresh nachash (snakeʼs root) shall spring up a viper, 1 and its pri (fruit) shall be a fiery flying serpent. 1

31Wail, O sha'ar (gate); 1 howl, O ir; 1 all ye of Peleshet, melt away; 1 for there shall come from the tzafon (north) an ashan (smoke), and none shall be a straggler in his ranks. 1

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Cross References

Job 18:13It shall devour the limbs of his ohr (skin); 1 even the bechor mavet (plague) shall devour his members. 1

Isaiah 5:17Then shall the kevasim feed as upon their pasture, 1 and the gerim (sojourners) will eat in the ruins of the rich. 1

Isaiah 8:21And they + 8:21 i.e., the unbelievers, contrasted with those in v.13 shall roam about therein, hard-pressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their melech and Elohav, and look upward.

Isaiah 30:23Then shall He send the matar of thy zera (seed), that thou shalt sow the adamah therewith; and lechem of the increase of the adamah, and it shall be rich and plenteous; in that day shall thy mikneh feed in broad pastures.

Isaiah 37:30And this shall be HaOt unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth from the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant kramim (vineyards), and eat the fruit thereof.

Isaiah 65:13Therefore thus saith Adonoi Hashem: 1 Hinei, My Servants shall eat, 1 but ye shall be hungry; 1 hinei, My Servants shall drink, 1 but ye shall be thirsty; 1 hinei, My Servants shall rejoice, 1 but ye shall be ashamed; 1

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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