Isaiah 14:30

Isaiah 14:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
• New International Version (NIV)The poorest of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety. But your root I will destroy by famine; it will slay your survivors.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the firstborn of the poor will graze, and the needy lie down in safety; but I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant it will slay.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will feed the poor in my pasture; the needy will lie down in peace. But as for you, I will wipe you out with famine and destroy the few who remain.

Context of Isaiah 14:30

28This is the burden which came in the year that King Ahaz died. 29“Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia, Because the rod that struck you is broken; For out of the serpent’s roots will come forth a viper, And its offspring will be a fiery flying serpent. The firstborn of the poor will feed, And the needy will lie down in safety; I will kill your roots with famine, And it will slay your remnant. 31Wail, O gate! Cry, O city! All you of Philistia are dissolved; For smoke will come from the north, And no one will be alone in his appointed times.” 32What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, And the poor of His people shall take refuge in it.

Isaiah 14:30 word by word

וְרָעוּ֙ בְּכוֹרֵ֣י דַלִּ֔ים וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים לָבֶ֣טַח יִרְבָּ֑צוּ וְהֵמַתִּ֤י בָֽרָעָב֙ שָׁרְשֵׁ֔ךְ וּשְׁאֵרִיתֵ֖ךְ יַהֲרֹֽג׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the firstbornבְּכוֹרbekôr · firstbornH1060
• of the poorדַּלdal · poorH1800
• shall feedרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• and the needyאֶבְיוֹן'ebyôn · needyH34
• shall lie downרָבַץrâbats · to stretchH7257
• in safetyבֶּ֫טַחbeţach · securityH983
• and I will killמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• thy rootשֹׁ֫רֶשׁsheresh · rootH8328
• with famineרָעָבrâ‛âb · famineH7458
• and he shall slayהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• thy remnantשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:30

• Job 18:13It devours patches of his skin; The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
• Isaiah 5:17Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture, And in the waste places of the fat ones strangers shall eat.
• Isaiah 7:21It shall be in that day That a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep;
• Isaiah 30:23Then He will give the rain for your seed With which you sow the ground, And bread of the increase of the earth; It will be fat and plentiful. In that day your cattle will feed In large pastures.
• Isaiah 38:16O Lord, by these things men live; And in all these things is the life of my spirit; So You will restore me and make me live.
• Isaiah 37:30“This shall be a sign to you: You shall eat this year such as grows of itself, And the second year what springs from the same; Also in the third year sow and reap, Plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.
• Isaiah 65:13Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, My servants shall eat, But you shall be hungry; Behold, My servants shall drink, But you shall be thirsty; Behold, My servants shall rejoice, But you shall be ashamed;
• Jeremiah 47:1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
• Ezekiel 25:15‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because the Philistines dealt vengefully and took vengeance with a spiteful heart, to destroy because of the old hatred,”
• Joel 3:4“Indeed, what have you to do with Me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? Will you retaliate against Me? But if you retaliate against Me, Swiftly and speedily I will return your retaliation upon your own head;
• Amos 1:6Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they took captive the whole captivity To deliver them up to Edom.
• Zephaniah 2:4For Gaza shall be forsaken, And Ashkelon desolate; They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, And Ekron shall be uprooted.
• Zechariah 9:5Ashkelon shall see it and fear; Gaza also shall be very sorrowful; And Ekron, for He dried up her expectation. The king shall perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

Commentaries on Isaiah 14:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30And the first-born of the poor, etc. - The Targum goes on applying all to the Messiah. "And the poor of the people shall he feed, and the humble shall dwell securely in his days: and he shall kill thy children with famine, and the remnant of thy people shall he slay." I will kill "He will slay" - The Septuagint reads המית hemith, to the third person, ; and so the Chaldee. The Vulgate remedies the confusion of persons in the present text, by reading both…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30And the first-born of the poor shall feed - That is, there shall be safety to those parts of Judah which have long been exposed to the invasions of the Philistines. Philistia bordered on Judea, and was constantly making wars upon it, so that there was no safety felt. Isaiah now says, that Hezekiah would so effectually and completely subdue them that there should be no danger from their invasion. The phrase the first-born of the poor‘ is an Hebraism, a…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-32Verses 28-32 Assurance is given of the destruction of the Philistines and their power, by famine and war. Hezekiah would be more terrible to them than Uzziah had been. Instead of rejoicing, there would be lamentation, for the whole land would be ruined. Such destruction will come upon the proud and rebellious, but the Lord founded Zion for a refuge to poor sinners, who flee from the wrath to come, and trust in his mercy through Christ Jesus. Let us tell…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. first-born of ... poor--Hebraism, for the most abject poor; the first-born being the foremost of the family. Compare "first-born of death" (Job 18:13), for the most fatal death. The Jews, heretofore exposed to Philistine invasions and alarms, shall be in safety. Compare Psa 72:4, "Children of the needy," expressing those "needy in condition." feed--image from a flock feeding in safety. root--radical destruction. He shall slay--Jehovah shall. The…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 14:30

• Famine
• Isaiah
• Philistines
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Commentaries on Isaiah 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings