Isaiah 25:4

For you have been a place of safety for the one who is poor, 1 a shelter for the one who is needy in his distress— 1 a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. 1 When the breath of the ruthless was like a storm against a wall, 1

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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 glorify you; a city of ruthless nations will fear you. 1

5and like heat in a dry land, 1 you subdued the noise of foreigners, 1 as the heat is subdued by the shade of a cloud, 1 so the song of the ruthless ones is answered. 1

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Cross References

Job 5:15But he saves the poor person from the sword in their mouths 1 and the needy person from the hand of mighty people. 1

Psalms 12:5“Because of violence against the poor, because of the groans of the needy, 1 I will arise,” says Yahweh. 1 “I will provide the safety for which they long.” 1

Psalms 72:4May he judge the poor of the people; 1 may he save the children of the needy 1 and break in pieces the oppressor. 1

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

Psalms 119:31I cling to your covenant decrees; 1 Yahweh, do not let me be shamed. 1

Isaiah 4:6It will be a shelter for shade in the daytime from the heat, 1 and a refuge and a cover from the storm and 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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