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30 The firstborn of the poor will find pasture,
    and the needy will lie down in safety;
but I’ll kill your root[a] by famine,
    and I’ll[b] execute your survivors.
31 Wail, you gate!
    Cry out, you city!
        Melt away,[c] all you Philistines!
For smoke comes from the north,
    and there’s no one to take measure[d] in its festivals.[e]
32 How will they[f] answer the messengers of the nation?
    “The Lord has founded Zion,
        and in it[g] the afflicted among his people will find refuge.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:30 I.e. the source of their strengths
  2. Isaiah 14:30 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read he
  3. Isaiah 14:31 Or melt in fear
  4. Isaiah 14:31 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsao MT read no straggler
  5. Isaiah 14:31 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsao reads ranks
  6. Isaiah 14:32 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads one
  7. Isaiah 14:32 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads her