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Smoke comes from the north. WARNING | Safety for the poor is set against famine and approaching force. The gate and distant smoke visualize the oracle’s warning to Philistia.
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Isaiah 14:30-31

Smoke comes from the north

The Oppressor Has Ceased · Isaiah 14

Story guide: WARNING | Safety for the poor is set against famine and approaching force. The gate and distant smoke visualize the oracle’s warning to Philistia.

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30The firstborn of the poor will graze, and the needy will lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and it will slay your remnant.

31Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all of you, Philistia! For smoke comes from the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

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