The Lord Will Judge the Philistines

14:28 In the year King Ahaz died,60 this message was revealed:61

14:29 Don’t be so happy, all you Philistines,

just because the club that beat you has been broken!62

For a viper will grow out of the serpent’s root,

and its fruit will be a darting adder.63

14:30 The poor will graze in my pastures;64

the needy will rest securely.

But I will kill your root by famine;

it will put to death all your survivors.65

14:31 Wail, 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

14:32 How will they respond to the messengers of this nation?68

Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure;

the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.