Isaiah 14:31

Howl, you⌃ 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 + 14:31 Gr. of being of living.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 your seed with hunger, and shall destroy your remnant.

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

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:6Howl you⌃, 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 you shall care for them that dwell in Seth, and you shall not be ashamed.

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

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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