31 Wail, you (A)gate; cry, you city;
[a]Melt away, (B)Philistia, all of you!
For smoke comes from the (C)north,
And (D)there is no straggler in his ranks.
32 What answer will one give the (E)messengers of the nation?
That (F)the Lord has founded Zion,
And (G)the poor of His people will take refuge in it.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:31 Or Become demoralized

31 Wail,(A) you gate!(B) Howl, you city!
    Melt away, all you Philistines!(C)
A cloud of smoke comes from the north,(D)
    and there is not a straggler in its ranks.(E)
32 What answer shall be given
    to the envoys(F) of that nation?
“The Lord has established Zion,(G)
    and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.(H)

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