Isaiah 14:24–32 (ESV)
Assyria, and Divine Intention
24: The LORD of hosts has sworn: “As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,
25: that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and on my mountains trample him underfoot; and his yoke shall depart from them, and his burden from their shoulder.”
26: This is the purpose that is purposed concerning the whole earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
27: For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?
Philistia, and the Davidic Promise
28: In the year that King Ahaz died came this oracle:
29: Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you, that the rod that struck you is broken, for from the serpent’s root will come forth an adder, and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.
30: And the firstborn of the poor will graze, and the needy lie down in safety; but I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant it will slay.
31: Wail, O gate; cry out, O city; melt in fear, O Philistia, all of you! For smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.
32: What will one answer the messengers of the nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.”