28In the ayear that KingAhazdiedthis1,boraclecame:
29“Do not be glad, O aPhilistia, all of you,Because the rod that bstruck you is broken;For from the serpent’sroot a cviper will comeout,And its fruit will be a dflyingfieryserpent.30“1And the foremostaof the poor will eat,And the needy will liedown in security;I will puttodeath your root with bfamine,And it will kill off your remnant.31“Wail, O agate; cry, O city;1Meltaway, O bPhilistia, all of you;For smokecomes from the cnorth,And dthereisnostraggler in his ranks.32“How then will one answer the amessengers of the nation?That bYahweh has foundedZion,And cthe afflicted of His people will takerefuge in it.”
