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.
³⁰ The firstborn of the poor will find pasture,
    and the needy will lie down in safety;
but I’ll kill your root^[c] by famine,
    and I’ll^[d] execute your survivors.
³¹ Wail, you gate!
    Cry out, you city!
        Melt away,^[e] all you Philistines!
For smoke comes from the north,
    and there’s no one to take measure^[f] in its festivals.^[g]
32 How will they^[h] answer the messengers of the nation?
    “The Lord has founded Zion,
        and in it^[i] the afflicted among his people will find refuge.”