Isaiah 25:4
For thou hast been a fortress to the poor, a fortress for the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat: for the blast of the terrible ones [has been] as the storm [against] a wall.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3Therefore shall the mighty people glorify thee, the city of terrible nations shall fear thee.
Cross References
Job 5:15And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Psalms 12:5Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set [him] in safety, at whom they puff.
Psalms 72:4He will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.
Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalms 119:31I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed.
Isaiah 4:6And there shall be a tabernacle for shade by day from the heat, and for a shelter 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 →