An Oracle Concerning Philistia (ISA 14:28-32)

[14:28] In the year that King Ahaz died came this oracle:

[14:29] Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you, that the rod that struck you is broken, for from the serpent’s root will come forth an adder, and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.

[14:30] And the firstborn of the poor will graze, and the needy lie down in safety; but I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant it will slay.

[14:31] Wail, O gate; cry out, O city; melt in fear, O Philistia, all of you! For smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

[14:32] What will one answer the messengers of the nation? “The Lord has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.”

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