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Isaiah 14:30-32

ISAIAH—NOTE ON Isaiah 14:30 God promises safety for his own but fear for Philistia, which is left without a remnant.

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See also Isaiah 14:30-32 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 14:30. _AND THE FIRST-BORN OF THE POOR, C._] The _Targum_ goes on applying all to the _Messiah_. "And the poor of the people shall he feed, and the humble shall dwell securely in his days...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 wa...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 14 Israel's Restoration and Blessing After Babylon is Fallen and the Burden of Philistia 1. _Israel's restoration and exaltation (Isaiah 14:1)_ 2. _The proverb against the king of Babylon (Is...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PHILISTIA'S EXULTATION IS PREMATURE: WORSE CALAMITIES ARE AT HAND. The Philistines are warned not to rejoice that the rod which has oppressed them is broken, for the tyrant's successor will smite them...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FIRSTBORN OF THE POOR. the poorest of the poor. Hebrew idiom. Hebrew. _dal_, impoverished, reduced. See Isaiah 11:4. This looks forward to the fulfilment by Messiah (Isaiah 14:32)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Isaiah 14:24-32. Two Isaianic Fragments 2 Samuel 14:24; 2 Samuel 14:24. An announcement of Jehovah's purpose to destroy the Assyrians on the soil of Canaan. In spite of the absence of a title these v...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    While Philistia is utterly destroyed, Israel enjoys perfect security under Jehovah's protection (see Isaiah 14:32). _the firstborn of the poor_ must be explained as a superlative "the poorest of the p...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THE FIRST-BORN OF THE POOR— In these words we have the consequence of the destruction of the Philistines to be effected by Hezekiah, and a more distinct declaration of the judgment itself. The con...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    d. DOMINATED TEXT: Isaiah 14:28-32 28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. 29 Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent'...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. THE FIRST-BORN OF THE POOR - Hebraism, for the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. STRANGERS] The thought of the voluntary adhesion of strangers is prominent in the later Chapter s of the book (Isaiah 44:5; Isaiah 55:5; Isaiah 60:5)....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WARNING TO THE PHILISTINES This prophecy is assigned, in the title prefixed to it, to the year that king Ahaz died (728 b.c.). The Philistines are represented as exulting over the death of their oppre...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    FIRSTBORN OF THE POOR] i.e. the very poor, those inheriting a double portion (Deuteronomy 21:17) of poverty. The reference is to the people of Judah, who, though afflicted, shall escape, whereas of th...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 14 THE *LORD’S PEOPLE WILL COME HOME V1 The *Lord will pity the peo...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THE FIRSTBORN OF THE POOR SHALL FEED. — As the “children of the needy” in Psalms 72:4 are simply the poor as a class, so the “firstborn” are those who, as it were, inherit the double portion, not...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ רָעוּ֙ בְּכֹורֵ֣י דַלִּ֔ים וְ אֶבְיֹונִ֖ים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXVII BABYLON AND LUCIFER DATE UNCERTAIN Isaiah 13:1; Isaiah 14:1 THIS double oracle is against the City Isaiah 13:2; I

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XVII ISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS 736-702 B.C. Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 16:1; Isaiah 17:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this section we have three prophecies: concerning Assyria Isaiah 14:24), concerning Philistia Isaiah 14:28), and the commencement of one concerning Moab (15). This fragment concerning Assyria consi...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the (s) firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and (t) he shall slay thy remnant. (s) The Israelites who were brought to m...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The date of the prophecy is here faithfully set down, in order that, when accomplished, it may not be suspected to have been written after the things predicted had come to pass. The year that Ahaz die...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    30._And the first-born of the poor shall feed. _The Prophet, as has been already said, has not so much in view the Philistines, to whom his threatenings were of no avail, as the Jews, whom he wished t...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14. With chapter 12 one division of the whole book closes. That which commences with chapter 13 continues to the end of chapter 27, which describes th...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE FIRSTBORN OF THE POOR SHALL FEED,.... That is, the Jews, who were brought very low in the times of Ahaz, reduced to the greatest straits and difficulties; for so the word "firstborn" may signi...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 30. _And the firstborn of the poor shall fe...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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 scou...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PROPHECIES AGAINST ASSYRIA AND PHILISTIA...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety, that is, the inhabitants of Judah would enjoy peace and safety under the reign of Hezekiah, over against Philistia; A...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    28-32 Assurance is given of the destruction of the Philistines and their power, by famine and war. Hezekiah would be more terrible to them than Uzziah had been. Instead of rejoicing, there would be l...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE FIRST-BORN OF THE POOR; the people of the Jews, who are brought to extreme poverty by the cruelty and the malice of other enemies. The first-born were the chief of all the children. Hence the titl...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 14:30 firstborn H1060 poor H1800 feed H7462 (H8804) needy H34 down H7257 (H8799) safety H983 kill...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BURDEN OF PHILISTIA (ISAIAH 14:28). This comes ‘in the year that King Ahaz died'. Thus it is probable that we are to see some connection between the death and the oracle. Philistia are told that...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 14:1. _For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jaco...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Christ's Kingdom set up on earth with Israel restored, the Beast of hell. Satan's fall and doom. Babylon's final judgment. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: It is the comfort of God's people tha...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 14:1. _And set them in their own land._ This prediction is so correct, as appears from the books of Nehemiah and Ezra, that no man can doubt the truth of prophecy; and its literal accomplishmen...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina_ PHILISTIA Philistia was the southwest coast of the land of Canaan, to the whole of which it afterwards gave its name in the Greek form of Palestine, and was nomin...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 14:1 THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL, AND HER SONG OF TRIUMPH OVER BABYLON. The destruction of Babylon is to be followed by the restoration of Israel, with the good w

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob (Isaiah 14:1...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Amos 1:6; Ezekiel 25:15; Isaiah 30:23; Isaiah 30:24; Isaiah 33:16;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The poor — The people of the Jews, who are brought to extreme poverty. The title of first — born is given to persons or things which are most eminent in their kinds, as to the people of Israel, Exodus...

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