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Isaiah 14:31

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14:31Wail, O city gate!

Cry out, O city!

Melt with fear,66 all you Philistines!

For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke,

and there are no stragglers in its ranks.67

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Footnotes

  1. 66 Or “despair” (see מוג). The form נָמוֹג (namog) should be taken here as an infinitive absolute functioning as an imperative. See §72.v.
  2. 67 Heb “and there is no one going alone in his appointed places.” The meaning of this line is uncertain. בּוֹדֵד (boded) appears to be a participle from בָּדַד (badad, “be separate”; see 94 בָּדַד). מוֹעָד (mo’ad) may mean “assembly” or, by extension, “multitude” (see *מוֹעָד), but the referent of the third masculine pronominal suffix attached to the noun is unclear. It probably refers to the “nation” mentioned in the next line.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Wail, you gate! Howl, you city!

Melt away, all you Philistines!

A cloud of smoke comes from the north,

and there is not a straggler in its ranks.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Wail, you gates! Cry out, city!

Tremble with fear, all Philistia!

For a cloud of dust is coming from the north,

and there is no one missing from the invader’s ranks.

NLTNew Living Translation

Wail at the gates! Weep in the cities!

Melt with fear, you Philistines!

A powerful army comes like smoke from the north.

Each soldier rushes forward eager to fight.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Wail, gate! Cry, city!

Melt, Philistia, all of you!

For smoke is coming from the north,

and there is no straggler in his ranks.

KJV 1900King James Version

Howl, O gate; cry, O city;

Thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved:

For there shall come from the north a smoke,

And none shall be alone in his appointed times.