Isaiah 14:30
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And the firstborn of the poor shall be fed, and the poor shall rest with confidence: and I will make thy root perish with famine, and I will kill thy remnant.

the firstborn

Job 18:13 Let it devour the beauty of his skin, let the firstborn death consume his arms.

the poor

Isaiah 5:17 And the lambs shall feed according to their order, and strangers shall eat the deserts turned into fruitfulness.

Isaiah 7:21,22 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep. . . .

Isaiah 30:23,24 And rain shall be given to thy seed, wheresoever thou shalt sow in the land: and the bread of the corn of the land shall be most plentiful, and fat. The lamb in that day shall feed at large in thy possession: . . .

Isaiah 38:16 O Lord, if man's life be such, and the life of my spirit be in such things as these, thou shalt correct me, and make me to live.

Isaiah 37:30 But to thee this shall be a sign: Eat this year the things that spring of themselves, and in the second year eat fruits: but in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

Isaiah 65:13,14 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my servants shall eat, and you shall be hungry: behold my servants shall drink, and you shall be thirsty. . . .

and I

Jeremiah 47:1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the people of Palestine, before Pharao took Gaza.

Ezekiel 25:15-17 Thus saith the Lord God: Because the Philistines have taken vengeance, and have revenged themselves with all their mind, destroying and satisfying old enmities: . . .

Joel 3:4-8 But what have you to do with me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the coast of the Philistines? will you revenge yourselves on me? and if you revenge yourselves on me, I will very soon return you a recompense upon your own head. . . .

Amos 1:6-8 Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Gaza, and for four I will not convert it: because they have carried away a perfect captivity to shut them up in Edom. . . .

Zephaniah 2:4-7 For Gaza shall be destroyed, and Ascalon shall be a desert, they shall cast out Azotus at noonday, and Accaron shall be rooted up. . . .

Zechariah 9:5-7 Ascalon shall see, and shall fear, and Gaza, and shall be very sorrowful: and Accaron, because her hope is confounded: and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ascalon shall not be inhabited. . . .

Context
Philistia will be Destroyed
29Rejoice not thou, whole Philistia, that the rod of him that struck thee is broken in pieces: for out of the root of the serpent shall come forth a basilisk, and his seed shall swallow the bird. 30And the firstborn of the poor shall be fed, and the poor shall rest with confidence: and I will make thy root perish with famine, and I will kill thy remnant.31Howl, O gate; cry, O city: all Philistia is thrown down: for a smoke shall come from the north, and there is none that shall escape his troop.…
Cross References
Isaiah 3:14
The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and its princes: for you have devoured the vineyard, and the spoil of the poor is in your house.

Isaiah 3:15
Why do you consume my people, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord the God of hosts.

Isaiah 7:21
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep.

Isaiah 7:22
And for the abundance of milk he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that shall be left in the midst of the land.

Isaiah 8:21
And they shall pass by it, they shall fall, and be hungry: and when they shall be hungry, they will be angry, and curse their king, and their God, and look upwards.

Isaiah 9:20
And he shall turn to the right hand, and shall be hungry: and shall eat on the left hand, and shall not be filled: every one shall eat the flesh of his own arm: Manasses Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasses, and they together shall be against Juda.

Isaiah 11:4
But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

Isaiah 29:19
And the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 51:19
There are two things that have happened to thee: who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword, who shall comfort thee?

Zephaniah 2:5
Woe to you that inhabit the sea coast, O nation of reprobates: the word of the Lord upon you, O Chanaan, the land of the Philistines, and I will destroy thee, so that there shall not be an inhabitant.

Zephaniah 3:12
And I will leave in the midst of thee a poor and needy people: and they shall hope in the name of the Lord.

Lexicon
Then the firstborn
בְּכוֹרֵ֣י (bə·ḵō·w·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1060: Firstborn, chief

of the poor
דַלִּ֔ים (ḏal·lîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1800: Dangling, weak, thin

will find pasture,
וְרָעוּ֙ (wə·rā·‘ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with

and the needy
וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים (wə·’eḇ·yō·w·nîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 34: In want, needy, poor

will lie down
יִרְבָּ֑צוּ (yir·bā·ṣū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7257: To crouch, be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed

in safety,
לָבֶ֣טַח (lā·ḇe·ṭaḥ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 983: A place of refuge, safety, safely

but I will kill
וְהֵמַתִּ֤י (wə·hê·mat·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

your root
שָׁרְשֵׁ֔ךְ (šā·rə·šêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8328: A root

by famine,
בָֽרָעָב֙ (ḇā·rā·‘āḇ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7458: Famine, hunger

and your remnant
וּשְׁאֵרִיתֵ֖ךְ (ū·šə·’ê·rî·ṯêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7611: Rest, residue, remnant, remainder

will be slain.
יַהֲרֹֽג׃ (ya·hă·rōḡ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2026: To smite with deadly intent


Additional Translations
Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill your root with famine, and he shall slay your remnant.

And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.

And the poor shall be fed by him, and poor men shall rest in peace: but he shall destroy thy seed with hunger, and shall destroy thy remnant.

And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; but I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.

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 thy remnant shall be slain.

And the first-born 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.

The firstborn of the poor will eat, and the needy will lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant will be killed.

And delighted have the first-born of the poor, And the needy in confidence lie down, And I have put to death with famine thy root, And thy remnant it slayeth.
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