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30 And the firstborn of the poor will graze,
    and the needy will lie down in security;
but I will cause your root to die in famine,
    and it will kill your remnant.
31 Wail, gate! Cry, city!
    Melt,[a] Philistia, all of you!
For smoke is coming from the north,
    and there is no straggler in his ranks.

32 And what will one answer the messengers of the nation?

That Yahweh has founded Zion,
    and the needy of his people will take refuge in it.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:31 With fear or despair