Isaiah 14:30 “Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will l…”

Isaiah 14:30

Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The firstborn of the poor will eat, and the needy will lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant will be killed.

American Standard Version

And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the first borne of the poore shall be fed, and the needie shall lie downe in safetie: and I will kill thy roote with famine, and it shall slay thy remnant.

Darby Translation

And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; but I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.

Young's Literal Translation

And delighted have the first-born of the poor, And the needy in confidence lie down, And I have put to death with famine thy root, And thy remnant it slayeth.

Bible in Basic English

And the poorest of the land will have food, and those in need will be given a safe resting-place: but your seed will come to an end for need of food, and the rest of you will be put to the sword.

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Cross references

“the firstborn”

Job 18:13

Job 18:13 · BSB

It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.

“the poor”

Isaiah 5:17 Isaiah 33:16 Isaiah 37:30 Isaiah 7:21 Isaiah 7:22 Isaiah 30:23

Isaiah 5:17 · BSB

Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.

Isaiah 33:16 · BSB

he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

Isaiah 37:30 · BSB

And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat t…

Isaiah 7:21 · BSB

On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,

Isaiah 7:22 · BSB

and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.

Isaiah 30:23 · BSB

Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

“and I”

Zephaniah 2:4–7 Jeremiah 47:1–7 Ezekiel 25:15–17 Joel 3:4–8 Amos 1:6–8 Zechariah 9:5–7

Zephaniah 2:4–7 · BSB

For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.

Jeremiah 47:1–7 · BSB

This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.

Ezekiel 25:15–17 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient hostility,

Joel 3:4–8 · BSB

Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads…

Amos 1:6–8 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.

Zechariah 9:5–7 · BSB

Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.

Also

Isaiah 3:15 Isaiah 51:19 Isaiah 8:21 Isaiah 9:20

Isaiah 3:15 · BSB

Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

Isaiah 51:19 · BSB

These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

Isaiah 8:21 · BSB

They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.

Isaiah 9:20 · BSB

They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

29Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.

31Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.

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