14:28 In the year King Ahaz died, ¹  this message was revealed: ² 

14:29 Don’t be so happy, all you Philistines,

just because the club that beat you has been broken! ³ 

For a viper will grow out of the serpent’s root,

and its fruit will be a darting adder. ⁴ 

14:30 The poor will graze in my pastures; ⁵ 

the needy will rest securely.

But I will kill your root by famine;

it will put to death all your survivors. ⁶ 

14:31 Wail, O city gate!

Cry out, O city!

Melt with fear, ⁷  all you Philistines!

For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke,

and there are no stragglers in its ranks. ⁸ 

14:32 How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? ⁹ 

Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure;

the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.

28:16 Then Jacob woke up ¹  and thought, ²  “Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!” 28:17 He was afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!”

28:18 Early ³  in the morning Jacob ⁴  took the stone he had placed near his head ⁵  and set it up as a sacred stone. ⁶  Then he poured oil on top of it. 28:19 He called that place Bethel, ⁷  although the former name of the town was Luz. 28:20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food ⁸  to eat and clothing to wear, 28:21 and I return safely to my father’s home, ⁹  then the Lord will become my God.