Isaiah 25:5

Thou shalt silence the tumult of zarim, 1 as the chorev (heat) in a dry place; 1 even the chorev by the tzel (shadow) of a cloud; 1 the zemir (battle song) of the ruthless ones shall be brought low. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.

In Context

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

6And in Har Hazeh + 25:6 i.e., Mount Tziyon shall Hashem Tzva'os make 1 unto kol HaAmim 1 a fat mishteh (feast), 1 a mishteh (feast) of finest, aged wines, 1 of finest meats, 1 of the best wines of finest vintage. 1

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Cross References

Job 8:16He is like a green plant before the shemesh, 1 and its branch shooteth forth in its gan (garden). 1

Psalms 79:10Why should the Goyim say, Where is Eloheihem? 1 Let there be known among the Goyim in our sight, 1 vengeance for the shefach dahm of Thy avadim. 1

Isaiah 10:8For he saith, 1 Are not my sarim altogether melachim? 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 14:19But thou art cast out of thy kever 1 like a rejected netzer + 14:19 see Mt 2:23 (branch); 1 and your raiment is those that are slain, thrust through with a cherev, 1 that go down to the stones of the bor (pit); 1 as a peger (corpse) trodden under feet. 1

Isaiah 18:4For so Hashem said unto me, 1 I will remain quiet in My rest, 1 and I will consider from My dwelling place like shimmering chom (heat) in the ohr, 1 and like a cloud of tal (dew) in the chom katzir (heat of harvest). 1

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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