Isaiah 14:32

Isaiah 14:32

30 The firstborn of the poor will feed,
And the needy will lie down in safety;
I will kill your roots with famine,
And it will slay your remnant.

31 Wail, O gate! Cry, O city!
All you of Philistia are dissolved;
For smoke will come from the north,
And no one will be alone in his¹ appointed times.”

32 What will they answer the messengers of the nation?
That ^athe Lord has founded Zion,
And ^bthe poor of His people shall take refuge in it.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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messengers of the nation—When messengers come from Philistia to enquire as to the state of Judea, the reply shall be, that the Lord . . . (Psalms 87:1, Psalms 87:5; Psalms 102:16).

poor— (Zephaniah 3:12).

LOWTH thinks it was delivered in the first years of Hezekiah's reign and fulfilled in the fourth when Shalmaneser, on his way to invade Israel, may have seized on the strongholds of Moab. Moab probably had made common cause with Israel and Syria in a league against Assyria. Hence it incurred the vengeance of Assyria. Jeremiah has introduced much of this prophecy into his forty-eighth chapter.

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 14:32:**

Psalms 87:1
Isaiah 14:28
Isaiah 65:9
Zephaniah 3:12

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