Isaiah 14:30

Then shall feed the firstborn of the poor, And the needy, in confidence lie down,—And I will kill with famine thy root, And thy residue, shall be slain.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

29Do not rejoice, Philistia, any of thee, In that the rod of him that smote thee, is broken,—For, out of the root of the serpent, shall come forth, a viper, And his fruit be a fiery dragon that flieth.

31Howl—O gate, Make outcry—O city, Dispersed art thou Philistia, all of thee,—For out of the north, a smoke cometh in, With no straggler in his ranks.

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Cross References

Job 18:13Let it devour the members of his body, Let the firstborn of death devour his members;

Isaiah 5:17Then shall the young rams feed where they please,—And, the wastes of the wealthy, shall strangers consume.

Isaiah 8:21Therefore shall they pass through it hard pressed and hungry,—And it shall be when they hunger, then will they rage and revile their king and their god and turn their faces upwards;

Isaiah 30:23Then will he give—Rain for thy seed—wherewith thou shalt sow thy ground and Bread as the increase of thy ground, which shall be fertile and fat,—Thy cattle, in that day, shall feed in broad pasture:

Isaiah 37:30And, this unto thee, is the sign, Eating this year, the growth of scattered seeds, And in the second year, that which shooteth up of itself,—Then in the third year, Sow ye—and reap, and Plant ye vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

Isaiah 65:13Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,—Lo! my servants, shall eat but, ye, shall be famished, Lo! my servants, shall drink but, ye shall be thirsty,—Lo! my servants, shall rejoice but ye, shall turn pale;

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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