Isaiah 14:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Rejoice not, &c.— This prophesy against the Philistines is conceived in a form familiar with Isaiah and the other prophets, of an immediate address to them, wherein they are admonished to refrain from joy either on account of the death of Ahaz, which might seem advantageous to the state of their affairs, or on account of the power of the Jewish kingdom's being weakened under Ahaz; by a reason drawn from the quality of his successor, who should strenuously vindicate the injuries brought by them upon the Jewish nation under Ahaz, and should repress their ferocity and pride. This appellation may be divided into three parts: first, the proposition, in which they are exhorted to receive modestly the news of the death of Ahaz; Isaiah 14:29.; secondly, the reason of the proposition, taken from the quality of the successor who should punish them; Isaiah 14:29.; thirdly, the consequence of their punishment, the security of the husbandman and the inhabitants of Judaea; Isaiah 14:30. Vitringa renders properly the first part of the 29th verse, Rejoice not all of thee, O Palestine, because the rod smiting thee is broken. Palestine was a southern and maritime tract of the land of Canaan, abounding with many noble cities, and among others inhabited by the Philistines. Foreign writers frequently call Judaea in general by this name. By the cockatrice it is agreed that Hezekiah is meant, who verified this prediction; For he smote the Philistines even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. See Exodus 18:8 and Vitringa.