Isaiah 25:5

and 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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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 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

6On this mountain Yahweh of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things, 1 of choice wines, of tender meats, a feast on the lees. 1

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Cross References

Job 8:16Under the sun he is green, 1 and his shoots go out over his entire garden. 1

Psalms 79:10Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” 1 May the blood of your servants that was shed 1 be avenged on the nations before our eyes. 1

Isaiah 10:8For he says, “Are not all my princes kings? 1

Isaiah 13:11I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. 1 I will put an end to the arrogance of the proud and will bring down the arrogance of the ruthless. 1

Isaiah 14:19But you are cast out of your grave like a branch thrown away. 1 The dead cover you like a garment, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit. 1

Isaiah 18:4This is what Yahweh said to me, “I will quietly observe from my home, 1 like the simmering heat in sunshine, like a cloud of mist in the 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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