Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
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Gill's Exposition
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation?.... Or nations, of any of the nations. Not the messengers sent to Hezekiah, Isa 39:1 but rather such as were sent to him, to congratulate him…
Barnes' Notes
Howl, O gate - That is, ye who throng the gate. The gates of a city were the chief places of concourse. Cry, O city - The prophet here fixes the attention upon some principal city of Philistia, and…
The destruction of Babylon and the Chaldean empire was a thing at a great distance; the empire had not risen to any considerable height when its fall was here foretold: it was almost 200 years from…
Cambridge Bible
As in Isa 14:14 the prophet had rebuked the premature rejoicing of the Philistines, so here he calls them to public lamentation in view of the advancing enemy.
thou… art dissolved Render as an imper.…
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