28. In the year that King Ahaz died, this oracle came:
29. Don’t rejoice, all of you in Philistia,because the rod of the one who struck you is broken.For a viper will come from the root of a snake,and from its egg comes a flying serpent.
30. Then the firstborn of the poor will be well fed,and the impoverished will lie down in safety,but I will kill your root with hunger,and your remnant will be slain.
31. Wail, you gates! Cry out, city!Tremble with fear, all Philistia!For a cloud of dust is coming from the north, and there is no one missing from the invader’s ranks.