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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:30

The firstborn of the poor shall feed . The "firstborn of the poor" are the very poor (Jarchi, Rosenmüller). The refer-once is to the poor Israelites , who will "feed" and "lie down in safety" when Philistia is held in subjection. I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant . God kills with famine, man with the sword (see 2 Samuel 24:13 , 2 Samuel 24:14 ). When the Philistines had resisted behind their strong walls till hunger had done its work by thinning their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:31

Howl, O gate; cry, O city . Each city of Philistia is hidden to howl and lament. All will suffer; not one will be spared. Art dissolved ; literally, art melted ; i.e. "faintest through fear" (comp. Joshua 2:9 ; Jeremiah 49:23 ). There shall come from the north a smoke . The "smoke" is the Assyrian host, which ravages the country as it advances, burning towns, and villages, and peasants' cots, and watchmen's towers. It enters the country "from the north," as a matter of course,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:29

Rejoice not thou - Rejoice not at the death of Ahaz, king of Judah. It shall be no advantage to thee. It shall not be the means of making an invasion on Judah more practicable.Whole Palestina - We apply the name “Palestine” to the whole land of Canaan. Formerly, the name referred only to Philistia, from which we have derived the name Palestine. The word פלשׁת peleshet means properly the land of sojourners or strangers, from פלשׁ pālash, “to rove about, to wander, to migrate.” The Septuagint... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:30

And the first-born of the poor shall feed - That is, there shall be safety to those parts of Judah which have long been exposed to the invasions of the Philistines. Philistia bordered on Judea, and was constantly making wars upon it, so that there was no safety felt. Isaiah now says, that Hezekiah would so effectually and completely subdue them that there should be no danger from their invasion. The phrase ‘the first-born of the poor’ is an Hebraism, a strong, emphatic expression, denoting... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:31

Howl, O gate - That is, ye who throng the gate. The gates of a city were the chief places of concourse.Cry, O city - The prophet here fixes the attention upon some principal city of Philistia, and calls upon it to be alarmed in view of the judgments that were about to come upon the whole land.Art dissolved - The word ‘dissolved’ (מוג mûg) is applied to that which melts, or which wastes away gradually, and then to that which faints or disappears. It means here that the kingdom of Philistia... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 14:28-29

Isaiah 14:28-29. In the year Ahaz died was this burden This is the second sermon of this second part of Isaiah’s prophecies, (see the general argument, and the contents of chap. 13.,) in which the prophet denounces judgment against the Philistines, exulting in the prosperous state of their affairs, under the reign of Ahaz, and conceiving on the death of that king, when this prophecy was delivered, still greater hopes of increasing prosperity. Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina Hebrew, ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 14:30

Isaiah 14:30. And the firstborn of the poor Those who are most remarkably poor; shall feed Shall have plenty of provisions, in spite of all thy attempts against them. The same Hezekiah, who shall be such a scourge to thee, Palestina, shall be a mild and gracious governor to his own subjects; he shall take care of them as a shepherd does of his flock, and relieve those who were oppressed in his father’s time. It is probable, that the inhabitants of the southern parts of Judea, who were... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 14:31

Isaiah 14:31. Howl, O gate O people, who used to pass through the gates; cry, O city O inhabitants of the city; or city may be put collectively for all their cities. Thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved Hebrew, נמוג , art melted, which may be understood, either of the faintness of their spirits and courage, or of the dissolution of their state; there shall come from the north a smoke A grievous judgment, or calamity, often signified by smoke, as Genesis 15:17; Joel 2:30; both... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:24-32

Click image for full-size versionConcerning Assyria and Philistia (14:24-32)In Isaiah’s day the immediate threat came not from Babylon but from Assyria. But Assyria will suffer the same fate as Babylon. It may invade the land of Judah, but in that same land it will be defeated and its power over Judah broken (24-25). The almighty God has determined this, and therefore no one will be able to prevent it (26-27).Ahaz had always tried to follow a pro-Assyrian policy, in spite of objections from... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 14:29

Rejoice not thou: i.e. at the death of Ahaz, and because the Davidic dominion was broken by the Syro- Ephraimitic war. Palestina = Philistia. him = the Davidic power. for out of the serpent's root, &c. That was how Philistia regarded Judah and Ahaz. cocktrice = viper (see note on Isaiah 11:8 ), which they would find in his son Hezekiah in the immediate future (2 Kings 18:8 ). read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:30

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:31

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 14:28-29

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 14:30

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 14:31

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:24-32

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 14:29

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