Isaiah 14:32

32 What shall we tell the messengers from Philistia? and that his poor people will go there for safety.

Isaiah 14:32 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 14:32

What shall [one] then answer the messengers of the nation?
&c.] Or nations, of any of the nations. Not the messengers sent to Hezekiah, ( Isaiah 39:1 ) but rather such as were sent to him, to congratulate him upon his victory over the Philistines; or any others that were sent, and came from other nations, that inquired about these matters, and the answer returned is, That the Lord hath founded Zion;
and not Hezekiah; he had given his people victory over their enemies, and protected, defended, and established them, and therefore ought to have all the glory: and the poor of his people shall trust in it;
or, "betake themselves to it"; as to a place of safety, being founded by the Lord, and under his protection. So the church of God, which often goes by the name of Zion in Scripture, is of his founding; he has laid Christ as the foundation of it, and such as are sensible of their spiritual poverty, misery, and danger, trust in him; not in Zion, but in the foundation God has laid in Zion, or built his church upon.

Isaiah 14:32 In-Context

30 Even the poorest of my people will be able to eat safely, and people in need will be able to lie down in safety. But I will kill your family with hunger, and all your people who are left will die.
31 People near the city gates, cry out! Philistines, be frightened, because a cloud of dust comes from the north. It is an army, full of men ready to fight.
32 What shall we tell the messengers from Philistia? and that his poor people will go there for safety.
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