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Isaiah 14:29

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Don’t rejoice, all of you in Philistia, because the rod of the one who struck you  is broken. For a viper will come from the root  of a snake, and from its egg comes a flying serpent.

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A pronouncement  concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people who will not help them.


An infant will play beside the cobra’s pit, and a toddler will put his hand into a snake’s den.


Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines,  and he tore down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod. Then he built cities in the vicinity of Ashdod and among the Philistines.


On that day you  will not be put to shame because of everything you have done in rebelling  against me. For then I will remove from among you your jubilant,  arrogant people, and you will never again be haughty on my holy mountain.


Do not rejoice over me,  my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will stand up; though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.


Do not  gloat over your brother in the day of his calamity; do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction; do not boastfully mock  , in the day of distress.


Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly as the nations do, for you have acted promiscuously,  leaving your God. You love the wages of a prostitute on every grain threshing-floor.


Just as you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it became a desolation, I will deal the same way with you: you will become a desolation, Mount Seir, and so will all Edom in its entirety. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”


‘Son of man, because Tyre  said about Jerusalem, “Aha!  The gateway to the peoples is shattered. She has been turned over to me.  I will be filled now that she lies in ruins,”


Don’t gloat when your enemy falls, and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,


The Philistines also raided the cities of the Judean foothills  and the Negev of Judah.  They captured and occupied Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their surrounding villages.


He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders,  from watchtower  to fortified city.


from the Shihor east of Egypt to the border of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory) #– #the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as the Avvites


Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Make a snake image and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will recover.’


For you have abandoned  your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of divination from the East and of fortune-tellers  like the Philistines. They are in league  with foreigners.


But they will swoop down on the Philistine flank to the west. Together they will plunder the people of the east. They will extend their power over Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be their subjects.


Wail, you gates!  Cry out, city! Tremble with fear,  all Philistia! For a cloud of dust is coming from the north, and there is no one missing from the invader’s ranks.


This is the word of the Lord that came to the prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines  before Pharaoh defeated Gaza.


The Lord has done what he planned; he has accomplished his decree, which he ordained in days of old. He has demolished without compassion, letting the enemy gloat over you and exalting the horn of your adversaries.


‘ “This is what the Lord God says: Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with deep contempt,  destroying because of their perpetual hatred,


And also: Tyre,  Sidon, and all the territories of Philistia   #– #what are you to me? Are you paying me back or trying to get even with me? I will quickly bring retribution on your heads.


The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Gaza for three crimes, even four, because they exiled a whole community, handing them over to Edom.


I will cut off the ruler from Ashdod, and the one who wields the sceptre from Ashkelon. I will also turn my hand against Ekron, and the remainder of the Philistines  will perish. The Lord God has spoken.


For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon will become a ruin. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.


Woe, inhabitants of the seacoast, nation of the Cherethites!  , The word of the  Lord is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines: I will destroy you until there is no one left.


Ashkelon will see it and be afraid; Gaza too, and will writhe in great pain, as will Ekron, for her hope will fail. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will become uninhabited.





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