Isaiah 14:31

Howl—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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

30Then 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.

32What, then, shall one answer the messengers of a nation? That Yahweh, hath founded Zion, And in her, shall seek refuge the oppressed of his people.

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:6Howl ye! for at hand is the day of Yahweh,—As a veritable destruction from the Almighty, shall it come.

Isaiah 16:7Therefore shall, Moab, howl for, Moab, All that belong to her, shall wail,—For the ruins of Kir-hareseth, shall they moan out Utterly stricken!

Isaiah 24:12There is left in the city. desolation,—And to ruins, have been broken the gate.

Jeremiah 25:16Yea they shall drink and reel to and fro and act as madmen, because of the sword which I am sending between them.

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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