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29 “Don’t rejoice, all of you Philistines,
    that the rod that struck you is broken,
because from the snake’s root a viper will spring up,
    and its offspring[a] will be a darting, poisonous serpent.
30 The firstborn of the poor will find pasture,
    and the needy will lie down in safety;
but I’ll kill your root[b] by famine,
    and I’ll[c] execute your survivors.
31 Wail, you gate!
    Cry out, you city!
        Melt away,[d] all you Philistines!
For smoke comes from the north,
    and there’s no one to take measure[e] in its festivals.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:29 Lit. fruit
  2. Isaiah 14:30 I.e. the source of their strengths
  3. Isaiah 14:30 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read he
  4. Isaiah 14:31 Or melt in fear
  5. Isaiah 14:31 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsao MT read no straggler
  6. Isaiah 14:31 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsao reads ranks