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27 For the Lord of the Heavenly Armies has planned,
    and who can thwart him?
His hand is stretched out,
    and who can turn it back?”

A Pronouncement against Philistia

28 In the year that King Ahaz died this message[a] came:

29 “Don’t rejoice, all of you Philistines,
    that the rod that struck you is broken,
because from the snake’s root a viper will spring up,
    and its offspring[b] will be a darting, poisonous serpent.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:28 Lit. oracle
  2. Isaiah 14:29 Lit. fruit

27 For the Lord Almighty has purposed,(A) and who can thwart him?
    His hand(B) is stretched out, and who can turn it back?(C)

A Prophecy Against the Philistines

28 This prophecy(D) came in the year(E) King Ahaz(F) died:

29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,(G)
    that the rod that struck you is broken;
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,(H)
    its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.(I)

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