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Don`t rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent`s root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
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Don't Celebrate Too Soon
Commentators widely agree that Philistia was celebrating the death of a powerful Judean king (likely Uzziah) and the subsequent period of weakness. Isaiah's prophecy warns them not to rejoice. The 'rod' that struck them is broken, but from that same 'serpent's root' (the Davidic dynasty), a more venomous 'adder' or 'cockatrice' (King Hezekiah) will arise and bring even greater devastation upon them, a prophecy fulfilled in 2 Kings 18:8.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Rejoice not you - Do not rejoice at the death of Ahaz, king of Judah. It will be no advantage to you. It will not be the means of m…
19th Century
Anglican
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina. — Better, Do not rejoice, Philistia, all of you; i.e., do not give yourself w…
Baptist
Ahaz was defeated, but Hezekiah was raised up to be the leader of the LORD's people.
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16th Century
Protestant
Rejoice not, thou whole Philistia. He begins by checking the vain and groundless confidence with which the Philistines were puffe…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Rejoice not you, whole Palestina The land of the Philistines; the inhabitants of Palestine are meant, who rejoiced a…
Assurance is given of the destruction of the Philistines and their power, by famine and war. Hezekiah would be more formidable to them than Uzziah …
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13th Century
Catholic
409. Her time is near at hand. In this part, he promises liberation to the Jews through the destruction of Babylon, which he threatened abov…
