Isaiah 14:31
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Howl, 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.

howl

Isaiah 13:6 Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near: it shall come as a destruction from the Lord.

Isaiah 16:7 Therefore shall Moab howl to Moab, every one shall howl: to them that rejoice upon the brick walls, tell ye their stripes.

for

Isaiah 20:1 In the year that Tharthan entered into Azotus, when Sargon the king of the Assyrians had sent him, and he had fought against Azotus, and had taken it:

Jeremiah 1:14 And the Lord said to me: From the north shall an evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

Jeremiah 25:16-20 And they shall drink, and be troubled, and be mad because of the sword, which I shall send among them. . . .

none shall be alone.

Context
Philistia will be Destroyed
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.32And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Sion, and the poor of his people shall hope in him.…
Cross References
Isaiah 3:26
And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall sit desolate on the ground.

Isaiah 14:29
Rejoice 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.

Isaiah 24:12
Desolation is left in the city, and calamity shall oppress the gates.

Isaiah 26:1
In that day shall this canticle be sung in the land of Juda. Sion the city of our strength a saviour, a wall and a bulwark shall be set therein.

Isaiah 34:16
Search ye diligently in the book of the Lord, and read: not one of them was wanting, one hath not sought for the other: for that which proceedeth out of my mouth, he hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

Isaiah 45:2
I will go before thee, and will humble the great ones of the earth: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and will burst the bars of iron.

Jeremiah 1:14
And the Lord said to me: From the north shall an evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

Jeremiah 47:2
Thus saith the Lord: Behold there come up waters out of the north, and they shall be as an overflowing torrent, and they shall cover the land, and all that is therein, the city and the inhabitants thereof: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl,

Jeremiah 47:4
Because of the coming of the day, in which all the Philistines shall be laid waste, and Tyre and Sidon shall be destroyed, with all the rest of their helpers. For the Lord hath wasted the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Cappadocia.

Lexicon
Wail,
הֵילִ֤ילִֽי (hê·lî·lî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3213: To howl, make a howling

O gate!
שַׁ֙עַר֙ (ša·‘ar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8179: An opening, door, gate

Cry out,
זַֽעֲקִי־ (za·‘ă·qî-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2199: To shriek, to announce, convene publicly

O city!
עִ֔יר (‘îr)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

Melt away,
נָמ֖וֹג (nā·mō·wḡ)
Verb - Nifal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 4127: To melt

all
כֻּלֵּ֑ךְ (kul·lêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

you Philistines!
פְּלֶ֣שֶׁת (pə·le·šeṯ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6429: Philistia -- a territory on the southern Mediterranean coast of Israel

For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

a cloud of smoke
עָשָׁ֣ן (‘ā·šān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6227: Smoke

comes
בָּ֔א (bā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

from the north,
מִצָּפוֹן֙ (miṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter

and there are no
וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

stragglers
בּוֹדֵ֖ד (bō·w·ḏêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 909: To be separate, isolated

in its ranks.
בְּמוֹעָדָֽיו׃ (bə·mō·w·‘ā·ḏāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4151: An assembly , a troop


Additional Translations
Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.Howl, O gate; cry, O city; you, whole Palestina, are dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

Howl, ye gates of cities; let the cities be troubled and cry, even all the Philistines: for smoke is coming from the north, and there is no possibility of living.

Howl, O gate! cry, O city! thou, Philistia, art wholly dissolved; for there cometh from the north a smoke, and none remaineth apart in his gatherings [of troops].

Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and none standeth aloof at his appointed times.

Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, all Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

Howl, gate! Cry, city! You are melted away, Philistia, all of you; for smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

Howl, O gate; cry, O city, Melted art thou, Philistia, all of thee, For from the north smoke hath come, And there is none alone in his set places.
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