Isaiah 25:3

Therefore even the am oz (strong people) shall glorify Thee, 1 the city of the ruthless Goyim shall fear Thee. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.

In Context

2For Thou hast made an Ir a heap; 1 a fortified city, 1 a ruin; 1 the stronghold of the zarim (foreigners) to be rebuilt never more. 1

4For Thou hast been a ma'oz (refuge) to the poor, 1 a ma'oz to the evyon in his tzoros, 1 a makheseh (shelter, cover) from the zerem (shower, storm, downpour), 1 a tzel (shade) from the chorev (heat), 1 when the ruach of the ruthless ones 1 is like a zerem (shower, storm, downpour) against a wall. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 66:3Say unto Elohim, How norah (awesome) art Thou in Thy ma'asim (works)! 1 Through the greatness of Thy oz (might) shall Thine oyevim cower before Thee. 1

Isaiah 13:11And I will punish the tevel (world) for ra'ah, 1 and the resha'im for their avon (iniquity); 1 and I will cause the ga'on (arrogance) of the proud to cease, 1 and will lay low the ga'avah (pride) of the tyrant. 1

Isaiah 60:10And the Bnei Nekhar shall build up thy chomot, 1 and their melachim shall minister unto thee; 1 for in My ketzef I struck thee, 1 but in My ratzon have I had rachamim on thee. 1

Ezekiel 38:23Thus will I magnify Myself, and set Myself apart as kodesh and I will make Myself known in the eynayim of Goyim rabbim, and they shall know that I am Hashem.

Zechariah 14:9And Hashem shall be Melech Al Kol HaAretz (King over all the earth); in Yom HaHu (in that day) shall Hashem be echad, and Shmo Echad.

Revelation 11:13And in that hour occurred a great earthquake and the tenth part of the city fell and there were killed in the earthquake shivat alafim (seven thousand), and the rest became afraid and gave kavod (glory) to Elohei HaShomayim.

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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