Isaiah 25:2
For thou hast made cities a heap, even cities made strong that their foundations should not fall: the city of ungodly men shall not be built forever.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
3Therefore shall the poor people bless thee, and cities of injured men shall bless thee.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:16thou shalt utterly destroy all the dwellers in that land with the edge of the sword; ye shall solemnly curse it, and all things in it.
Isaiah 13:21But wild beasts shall rest there; and the houses shall be filled with howling; and monsters shall rest there, and devils shall dance there,
Isaiah 14:23And I will make the region of Babylon desert, so that hedgehogs shall dwell there, and it shall come to nothing: and I will make it a pit of clay for destruction.
Isaiah 17:3And she shall no longer be a strong place for Ephraim to flee to, and there shall no longer be a kingdom in Damascus, or a remnant of Syrians; for thou art no better than the children of Israel, even than their glory; thus saith the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 23:13And if thou depart to the land of the Chaldeans, this also is laid waste by the Assyrians, for her wall is fallen.
Isaiah 25:12And he shall bring down the height of the refuge of the wall, and it shall come down even to the ground.
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 →