Isaiah 25:4

For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm.

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In The King James Version

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

In Context

3For this cause will the strong people give glory to you, the town of the cruel ones will be in fear of you.

5As heat by the shade of a cloud, the noise of the men of pride has been made quiet by you; as heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the cruel ones has been stopped.

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Cross References

Job 5:15But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.

Psalms 12:5\12:4\They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?

Psalms 72:4May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

Psalms 91:1Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;

Psalms 119:31I have been true to your unchanging word; O Lord, do not put me to shame.

Isaiah 4:6And a shade in the daytime from the heat, and a safe cover 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 →

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