A PRONOUNCEMENT AGAINST PHILISTIA

28 In the year that King Ahaz died,m this pronouncement came:n

29 Don’t rejoice, all of you in Philistia,

because the rod of the one who struck youo is broken.

For a viper will come from the rootD of a snake,

and from its egg comes a flying serpent.p

30 Then the firstbornq of the poor will be well fed,

and the impoverished will lie down in safety,

but I will kill your root with hunger,

and your remnant will be slain.