Isaiah 14:29

Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. 1 For out of the serpent's root will grow out an adder, 1 and his offspring will be a fiery flying serpent. 1

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Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

In Context

28In the year that king Ahaz died this declaration came: 1

30The firstborn of the poor will graze their sheep in my pastures, 1 and the needy will lie down in safety. 1 I will kill your root with famine 1 that will put to death all your survivors. 1

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Cross References

Joshua 13:3from Shihor, which is east of Egypt, and northward to the border of Ekron, which is considered property of the Canaanites; the five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron—the territory of the Avvites.

2 Kings 18:8He attacked the Philistines to Gaza and the borders around, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.

2 Chronicles 28:18The Philistines also invaded the cities of the lowlands and of the Negev of Judah. They took Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soko with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and also Gimzo with its villages. They went to live in those places.

Isaiah 11:8A baby will play over the hole of the snake, 1 and the weaned child will put his hand on the serpent's den. 1

Ezekiel 26:2“Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, 'Aha! The gates of the people are broken! She has turned to me; I will be filled up because she is ruined.'

Hosea 9:1Do not rejoice, Israel, 1 with joy like the other peoples. 1 For you have been unfaithful, 1 forsaking your God. 1 You love to pay the wages a prostitute requires 1 on all the threshing floors. 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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