Isaiah 25:4
For thou have been a stronghold to a poor man, a stronghold to a needy man in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the oppressors is as a storm against the wall.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3Therefore a strong people shall glorify thee, a city of oppressive nations shall fear thee.
Cross References
Job 5:15But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
Psalms 12:5Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says LORD. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.
Psalms 72:4He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the sons of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.
Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalms 119:31I cling to thy testimonies. O LORD, put me not to shame.
Isaiah 4:6And there shall be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 25:2-6
A Song of Praise. ( b. c. 718.) 1 O Lord , thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. 2 For thou hast made of a city a heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. 3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. 4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the… Read the whole commentary →