Isa 14:27 | JFB | STEP | 27. ( ). . PROPHECY AGAINST PHILISTIA. To comfort the Jews, lest they should fear that people; not in order to call the Philistines to repentance, since the prophecy was probably never circulated among them. They had been subdued by Uzziah or Azariah ( ); but in the reign of Ahaz ( ), they took several towns in south Judea. Now Isaiah denounces their final subjugation by Hezekiah.

Isaiah 14:27

27. (Da 4:35).

Isa 14:28-32. PROPHECY AGAINST PHILISTIA.

To comfort the Jews, lest they should fear that people; not in order to call the Philistines to repentance, since the prophecy was probably never circulated among them. They had been subdued by Uzziah or Azariah (2Ch 26:6); but in the reign of Ahaz (2Ch 28:18), they took several towns in south Judea. Now Isaiah denounces their final subjugation by Hezekiah.