Isaiah 42:25
in Isaiah 42So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
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ASV
Therefore he poured upon him the fierceness of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
KJV
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
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This verse in Isaiah 42
Commentary
11 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger - His righteous indignation in the overturning of their nation, the destruction of their temple and city, and in carrying them captive into a distant land. And it hath set him on fire - That is, the fury of Yahweh kindled the flame of war all around the Jewish nation, and spread desolation everywhere. Yet he knew not - They refused to attend to it, and lay it to heart. They pursued their ways of wickedness, regardless of the threatening judgments, and the impending wrath of God.
This site's exposition
Who among you will pay attention to this?
on Isaiah 42:23-25
The chapter closes with a question to the hearer, “Who among you will pay attention to this?” The cause of the exile is then named plainly, “Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned?”
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So He poured out on them
Barnes reads the flames of that furious anger as the fire of war around the nation, ending in the fall of temple and city. Matthew Henry places the failure in sight. They felt the burning, missed the hand of God in the battle and laid none of it to heart.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 25) So he poured out his wrath on them, and the fierceness of battle: and he set them on fire all around, but they did not understand; and he burned them, but they did not comprehend. LXX: And he hath poured out upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not, and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
The Medieval Church1 voice
And as to the punishment, and he has poured out: pour out your indignation upon them (Ps 68:25[69:24]), "pouring out" signifies its abundance. Third, he excludes knowledge of the truth: and has burnt him, namely, with material fire through the wasting by their enemies, and …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The fire of God's wrath kindled upon him, and he knew it not, was not aware of it, took no notice of the judgments, at least not of the hand of God in them. Nay, it burned him, and, though he could not then but know it and feel it, yet he laid it not to heart, was not awakened by the fiery rebukes he was under nor at all affected with them.
Called thee - To declare my righteousness, or faithfulness. With-hold - Will give thee counsel and strength for the work. Give thee - To be the mediator in whom my covenant of grace is confirmed with mankind.
Fury - Most grievous judgments. Yet - They were secure and stupid under God's judgments.
3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger,.... The Lord was angry with these people for their rejection of the Messiah, and contempt of his Gospel; and therefore his wrath came upon them to the uttermost, not in some small drops, but in great abundance, to the utter ruin of their nation, city, and temple.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
him--Israel (Isa 42:24). strength of battle--violence of war. it--the battle or war (compare Isa 10:16). knew not--knew not the lesson of repentance which the judgment was intended to teach (Isa 5:13;
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The fury of his anger “The heat of his wrath” - For חמה chammah, the Bodl. MS. has חמת chammath, in regimine, more regularly. It hath set him on fire round about - So thoroughly hardened are the Jewish people, that they are represented as being in a house on fire, and even scorched with the flames, without perceiving their danger, or feeling that they are hurt! What a picture of mental induration! and this is their state to the present day. But by whom shall Jacob arise? for in this sense he is small indeed. Many efforts have been made to Christianize them, but without effect; and is this to be wondered at, while we tell them how great they are, how learned, how wise, how much we owe to them, that they are still the peculiar people of God, etc., etc.? If all this be true, what can they gain by becoming Christians? Whereas a more stupid, proud, hardened, ignorant people can scarcely be found in the civilized world, and they are most grossly ignorant of their own Scriptures.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ךְ | vaiyishpokh | and he poured out | H8210 → | 114 times |
| עָלָיו֙ | ʾalav | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| חֵמָ֣ה | chemah | rage | H2534 → | 125 times |
| אַפּ֔וֹ | ʾapo | anger his | H639 → | 276 times |
| וֶעֱז֖וּז | veezuz | and [the] fierceness of | H5807 → | |
| מִלְחָמָ֑ה | milchamah | battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| וַתְּלַהֲטֵ֤הוּ | vatelahatehu | and it set ablaze it | H3857 → | |
| מִסָּבִיב֙ | misaviv | from round about | H5439 → | 336 times |
| וְלֹ֣א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָדָ֔ע | yada' | it knew | H3045 → | 945 times |
| וַתִּבְעַר־ | vativar- | and it burned | H1197 → | 94 times |
| בּ֖וֹ | bo | <in> it | ||
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָשִׂ֥ים | yasim | it put [it] | H7760 → | 584 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| לֵֽב׃ פ | lev | heart | H3820 → | 595 times |
וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ךְand he poured out
vaiyishpokhH8210 →114 times
עָלָיו֙on it
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
חֵמָ֣הrage
chemahH2534 →125 times
אַפּ֔וֹanger his
ʾapoH639 →276 times
וֶעֱז֖וּזand [the] fierceness of
veezuzH5807 →
מִלְחָמָ֑הbattle
milchamahH4421 →320 times
וַתְּלַהֲטֵ֤הוּand it set ablaze it
vatelahatehuH3857 →
מִסָּבִיב֙from round about
misavivH5439 →336 times
וְלֹ֣אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יָדָ֔עit knew
yada'H3045 →945 times
וַתִּבְעַר־and it burned
vativar-H1197 →94 times
בּ֖וֹ<in> it
bo
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יָשִׂ֥יםit put [it]
yasimH7760 →584 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
לֵֽב׃ פheart
levH3820 →595 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Malachi 2:2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse…
it leads to
- Revelation 14:7
And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea…
- Luke 17:18
Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”
- Psalms 69:22
May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
- Psalms 81:11–12
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
- Revelation 14:7
Through
Isaiah 57:11Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear…
it leads to
- Isaiah 51:12–13
“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
- Psalms 50:21
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
- Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.
- Isaiah 51:12–13
Through
Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
it leads to
- Lamentations 4:11
The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.
- Lamentations 4:11
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.