Isaiah 5:25
in Isaiah 5Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
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ASV
Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
KJV
Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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This verse in Isaiah 5
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled - The Lord is “enraged,” or is angry. Similar expressions often occur; Num 11:33; 2Ki 23:26; Deu 11:17; Psa 56:1-13:40; Job 19:11; Psa 2:12. The “cause” of his anger was the crimes which are specified in this chapter. And he hath stretched forth his hand - To stretch forth the hand may be an action expressive of protection, invitation, or punishment. Here it is the latter; compare Isa 14:27. And hath smitten them - Punished them. To what this refers particularly is not clear.
This site's exposition
Therefore the anger of the LORD
The judgment has already begun, with the hand of the LORD raised. The verse closes on a refrain, "His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised." The refrain binds this chapter to the judgments ahead, each recurrence saying the hand has not yet been withdrawn.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people." He wanted them to be a people of his own and to be called as such, but this is not what they wanted. Because of this he gives a sign of approaching war and of a multitude of the slain that would fill the mountains with dead corpses. The whole country would become full of their dead. All this would happen to them at the hands of the enemy invaders. The enemies did not do this on their own; rather, God himself brought them about, drawing and leading their enemies to the siege of the accused Israelites.
(Verse 25.) Therefore the wrath of the Lord's fury is upon His people, and He stretches out His hand against them and strikes them, and the mountains tremble, and their dead bodies become like refuse in the middle of the streets. In all of this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is still outstretched.
The Medieval Church1 voice
195. Second, the wrath of the one who punishes: therefore is the wrath of the Lord kindled; he speaks after the manner of the process of wrath in men. And the Lord was exceedingly angry (Ps 105[106]:40). Third, the infliction of the punishment: and he …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): it is destruction from the Almighty. (1.) The justice of God appoints it; for that is the anger of the Lord which is kindled against his people, his necessary vindication of the honour of his holiness and authority.
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Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people,....
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Hab 3:6). torn--rather, were as dung (Ps 83:10). For all this, &c.--This burden of the prophet's strains, with dirge-like monotony, is repeated at Isa 9:12, 17, 21; With all the past calamities, still heavier judgments are impending; which he specifies in the rest of the chapter (Le 26:14, &c.).
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The hills did tremble “And the mountains trembled” - Probably referring to the great earthquakes in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, in or not long before the time of the prophet himself, recorded as a remarkable era in the title of the prophecies of Amos., Amo 1:1, and by Zechariah, Zec 14:5.
The words behind it
25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַל־ | ʾal- | there- | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כֵּ֡ן | ken | -fore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| חָרָה֩ | charah | it has burned | H2734 → | 91 times |
| אַף־ | ʾaf- | [the] anger of | H639 → | 276 times |
| יְהוָ֨ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּעַמּ֜וֹ | beamo | on people his | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וַיֵּ֣ט | vaiyet | and he has stretched out | H5186 → | 214 times |
| יָד֧וֹ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| עָלָ֣יו | ʾalav | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וַיַּכֵּ֗הוּ | vaiyakehu | and he has struck it | H5221 → | 499 times |
| וַֽיִּרְגְּזוּ֙ | vaiyirgezu | and they have quaked | H7264 → | 41 times |
| הֶֽהָרִ֔ים | heharim | the mountains | H2022 → | 546 times |
| וַתְּהִ֧י | vatehi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| נִבְלָתָ֛ם | nivlatam | corpse their | H5038 → | |
| כַּסּוּחָ֖ה | kasuchah | like <the> offal | H5478 → | |
| בְּקֶ֣רֶב | bekerev | in [the] middle of | H7130 → | 227 times |
| חוּצ֑וֹת | chutzot | [the] streets | H2351 → | 164 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | for all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| זֹאת֙ | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שָׁ֣ב | shav | it has turned away | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אַפּ֔וֹ | ʾapo | anger his | H639 → | 276 times |
| וְע֖וֹד | veod | and still | H5750 → | 490 times |
| יָד֥וֹ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| נְטוּיָֽה׃ | netuyah | [is] stretched out | H5186 → | 214 times |
עַל־there-
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כֵּ֡ן-fore
kenH3651 →771 times
חָרָה֩it has burned
charahH2734 →91 times
אַף־[the] anger of
ʾaf-H639 →276 times
יְהוָ֨הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּעַמּ֜וֹon people his
beamoH5971 →1873 times
וַיֵּ֣טand he has stretched out
vaiyetH5186 →214 times
יָד֧וֹhand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
עָלָ֣יוon it
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
וַיַּכֵּ֗הוּand he has struck it
vaiyakehuH5221 →499 times
וַֽיִּרְגְּזוּ֙and they have quaked
vaiyirgezuH7264 →41 times
הֶֽהָרִ֔יםthe mountains
heharimH2022 →546 times
וַתְּהִ֧יand it was
vatehiH1961 →3559 times
נִבְלָתָ֛םcorpse their
nivlatamH5038 →
כַּסּוּחָ֖הlike <the> offal
kasuchahH5478 →
בְּקֶ֣רֶבin [the] middle of
bekerevH7130 →227 times
חוּצ֑וֹת[the] streets
chutzotH2351 →164 times
בְּכָל־for all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
זֹאת֙this
zotH2063 →603 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
שָׁ֣בit has turned away
shavH7725 →1056 times
אַפּ֔וֹanger his
ʾapoH639 →276 times
וְע֖וֹדand still
veodH5750 →490 times
יָד֥וֹhand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
נְטוּיָֽה׃[is] stretched out
netuyahH5186 →214 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
Isaiah 9:17Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite…
it leads to
- Isaiah 9:12
Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 10:6
I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the…
- Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck…
- Isaiah 27:11
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator…
- Isaiah 9:12
Through
Daniel 9:16O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities…
it leads to
- Zechariah 8:3
This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be…
- Zechariah 8:3
Through
2 Kings 9:37And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 8:2
They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried,…
- Psalms 83:10
who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
- Jeremiah 16:4
“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will…
- Jeremiah 8:2
Where this verse is studied
About Isaiah
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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); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Eusebius of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 5:25; 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 (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.