Isaiah 14 · Verse 31

Isaiah 14:31

Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

Isaiah 14:31, King James Version

Isaiah 14:31 in other translations

BSB	Wail, 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.
WEB	Howl, gate! Cry, city! You are melted away, Philistia, all of you; for smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.
ASV	Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.
YLT	Howl, O gate; cry, O city, Melted art thou, Philistia, all of thee, For from the north smoke hath come, And there is none alone in his set places.
DARBY	Howl, O gate! cry, O city! thou, Philistia, art wholly dissolved; for there cometh from the north a smoke, and none remaineth apart in his gatherings of troops.
BBE	Send out a cry, O door! Make sounds of sorrow, O town! All your land has come to nothing, O Philistia; for there comes a smoke out of the north, and everyone keeps his place in the line.
Webster	Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, all Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

What does Isaiah 14:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

31. gate--that is, ye who throng the gate; the chief place of concourse in a city. from ... north--Judea, north and east of Palestine. smoke--from the signal-fire, whereby a hostile army was called together; the Jews' signal-fire is meant here, the "pillar of cloud and fire," (Ex 13:21; Ne 9:19); or else from the region devastated by fire [Maurer]. Gesenius less probably refers it to the cloud of dust raised by the invading army. none ... alone ... in ... appointed times--Rather, "There shall not be a straggler among his (the enemy's) levies." The Jewish host shall advance on Palestine in close array; none shall fall back or lag from weariness (Is 5:26, 27), [Lowth]. Maurer thinks the Hebrew will not bear the rendering "levies" or "armies." He translates, "There is not one (of the Philistine watch guards) who will remain alone (exposed to the enemy) at his post," through fright. On "alone," compare Psa 102:7; Ho 8:9.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 31 There shall come from the north a smoke "From the north cometh a smoke" - That is, a cloud of dust raised by the march of Hezekiah's army against Philistia; which lay to the south-west from Jerusalem. A great dust raised has, at a distance, the appearance of smoke: Fumantes pulvere campi; "The fields smoking with dust." - Virg. Aen. 11:908.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 14:28-32

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…

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Isaiah 14:31 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֵילִ֤ילִֽיhei.Li.liwailH3213

שַׁ֙עַר֙sha.'arO gateH8179

זַֽעֲקִי\־za.'a.ki-cry outH2199

עִ֔יר'IrO cityH5892

נָמ֖וֹגna.Mogmelt awayH4127

פְּלֶ֣שֶׁתpe.Le.shetO PhilistiaH6429

כֻּלֵּ֑ךְku.Lekhall of youH3605

כִּ֤יkiforH3588

מִצָּפוֹן֙mi.tza.fOnfrom [the] northH6828

עָשָׁ֣ן'a.ShansmokeH6227

בָּ֔אBa'[is] comingH935

וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand there notH369

בּוֹדֵ֖דbo.Ded[is] an isolated [one]H909

בְּמוֹעָדָֽיו\׃be.mo.'a.Davamong ranks itsH4151

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 14:31

Jeremiah 1:14
Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Isaiah 20:1
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
Jeremiah 25:16-20
And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. Then took I the cup at the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me: To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; …
Isaiah 14:29
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
Isaiah 13:6
Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Isaiah 24:12
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
Isaiah 16:7
Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir–hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
Isaiah 3:26
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Howl.
13:6; 16:7
for.
20:1; Jer 1:14; 25:16-20
none shall be alone. or, he shall not be alone. appointedtimes. or, assemblies.

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Context

Isaiah 14:30
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.
Isaiah 14:31
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
Isaiah 14:32
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

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Isaiah 14:31 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Aulla, oh puerta; clama, oh ciudad; disuelta estás toda tú, Filistea: porque humo vendrá de aquilón, no quedará uno solo en sus asambleas.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Hurle, porte! Ville, pousse des cris! Sois dissoute, Philistie tout entière! car une fumée vient du nord, et nul ne reste à l’écart dans ses rassemblements de troupes.
German Elberfelder 1871	Heule, Tor! schreie Stadt! gänzlich hinschmelzen sollst du, Philistäa; denn von Norden her kommt Rauch und kein Vereinzelter ist unter seinen Scharen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Ulula, porta; clama civitas; prostrata est Philisthæa omnis; ab aquilone enim fumus veniet, et non est qui effugiet agmen ejus.