Isaiahchapter 25

12 verses · KJVIsaiah book hub →

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 an 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 storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

5 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.

6 And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.

8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

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 down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.

12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

Commentary on this chapter: read the Exposition

← Back: Isaiah 24 Continue: Isaiah 26 →

Chapter summary

Praise opens the chapter: the prophet exalts Jehovah for counsels of old performed in faithfulness (a fortified city made a heap, never to be rebuilt) so that strong and terrible nations fear him.

Read the rest, the context and the outline ▾Show less ▴

Praise opens the chapter: the prophet exalts Jehovah for counsels of old performed in faithfulness (a fortified city made a heap, never to be rebuilt) so that strong and terrible nations fear him. Jehovah is a stronghold to the poor and needy, a refuge from the storm and shade from the heat. On "this mountain" Jehovah of hosts makes for all peoples a feast of fat things and well-refined wines, destroys the veil spread over all nations, and swallows up death for ever, wiping tears from all faces, the line Paul quotes of the resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15:54. The waiting people answer, "Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him." The chapter closes with Moab trodden down like straw and its high fortress brought to the dust.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Isaiah — Isaiah overview

A. 1–5 A Refuge for the Poor, a Shade from the Heat
B. 6–8 The Feast of Fat Things and Death Swallowed Up
C. 9–12 Lo, This Is Our God — and Moab Trodden Down

Top cross-references8 chapters ▾

Exodus 151 verse
- Exodus 15:2The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Read Exodus 15 →
Psalms 1181 verse
- Psalms 118:28Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
- Read Psalms 118 →
Numbers 231 verse
- Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
- Read Numbers 23 →
Zephaniah 31 verse
- Zephaniah 3:12I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord.
- Read Zephaniah 3 →

4 more chapters this one speaks with

James 21 verse
- James 2:5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
- Read James 2 →
Isaiah 321 verse
- Isaiah 32:2And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
- Read Isaiah 32 →
Matthew 81 verse
- Matthew 8:11And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
- Read Matthew 8 →
Jeremiah 311 verse
- Jeremiah 31:12Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
- Read Jeremiah 31 →

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.