Isaiah 25:4

For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,

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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

3Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.

5like heat in a dry land. You subdue the uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, so the song of the ruthless is silenced.

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Cross References

Job 5:15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.

Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalms 119:31I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.

Isaiah 4:6a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the 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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