Isaiah 25:11

Should he spread forth his hands in the midst thereof, As a swimmer spreadeth forth to swim, Then would be laid low his pride, together with the devices of his hands.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.

In Context

10For the hand of Yahweh will settle down in this mountain,—Then shall Moab be trodden down in its place, Like the treading down of a strawheap in the water of a dunghill;

12Yea, the lofty stronghold of thy walls, Hath he brought down—Laid low—Levelled to the ground even unto the dust.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:5Then, will he speak unto them in his anger, and, in his wrath, confound them:

Psalms 110:1The declaration of Yahweh to my Lord—Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

Isaiah 5:25For this cause, did the anger of Yahweh kindle upon his own people, And he stretched out his hand against them and smote them—So that the mountains, trembled, And, their dead bodies, served, for fuel in the midst of the streets. For all this, hath his anger, not turned back, But still, is his hand outstretched,

Isaiah 13:11And I will visit, upon the inhabited earth, calamity!, And upon the lawless, their punishment, And will quiet the arrogance of the proud, And the loftiness of tyrants, will I lay low.

Isaiah 16:6We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, Proud exceedingly! His haughtiness and his arrogance and his passion, Not true, are his boastings.

Isaiah 25:5As heat in a desert, the pomp of foreigners, wilt thou subdue,—Heat—with the shade of a cloud, The song of tyrants! become low.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 25:10-12

The Blessings of the Gospel. ( b. c. 718.) 9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord ; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. 10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. 11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring… Read the whole commentary →

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