Isaiah 25:4

For thou hast become a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy when he is distressed; a protection from the tempest, a shadow from the heat; for the [wrathful] breath of the tyrants is like the tempest against a wall.

Leeser Tanakh

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

3Therefore shall a strong people honor thee; the town of the tyrannical nations shall fear thee.

5Like heat in a dry land, wilt thou subdue the tumult of the barbarians; as the heat [is lessened] by the shadow of the cloud, so will he subdue the song of the tyrants.

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Cross References

Job 5:15But who saveth from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty, the needy one:

Psalms 12:5(12:6) Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord: I will grant safety to him for whom the other layeth a snare.

Psalms 72:4He shall judge the afflicted of the people, he shall give help to the children of the needy; but he shall crush the oppressor.

Psalms 91:1He who sitteth under the secret protection of the Most High, shall rest under the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalms 119:31I have adhered unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame.

Isaiah 4:6And a tabernacle shall it be for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge, and for a covert from tempest 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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