Isaiah 25:2 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 25:2

Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.

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ASV

For thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A city “The city” - Nineveh, Babylon, Ar, Moab, or any other strong fortress possessed by the enemies of the people of God. For the first מעיר meir, of a city, the Syriac and Vulgate read העיר hair, the city; the Septuagint and Chaldee read ערים arim, cities, in the plural, transposing the letters. After the second מעיר meir, a MS. adds לגל lagol, for a heap. A palace of strangers “The palace of the proud ones” - For זרים zarim, strangers, MS.

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

A city - Which is put for cities: or of enemies of God and his people. And under the name cities he comprehends their countries and kingdoms. Strangers - The royal cities, in which were the palaces of strangers, of Gentiles.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

How many of the cities of Israel have long since been heaps and ruins! God hereby teaches us that here we have no continuing city and must therefore seek one to come which will never be a ruin or go to decay.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
שַׂ֤מְתָּ	Sam.ta	you have made	H7760 →
מֵעִיר֙	me.'Ir	from a city	H5892 →
לַגָּ֔ל	la.Gal	into <the> heap	H1530 →
קִרְיָ֥ה	kir.Yah	a town	H7151 →
בְצוּרָ֖ה	ve.tzu.Rah	fortified	H1219 →
לְמַפֵּלָ֑ה	le.ma.pe.Lah	into a ruin	H4654 →
אַרְמ֤וֹן	'ar.Mon	a fortress of	H759 →
זָרִים֙	za.Rim	strangers	H2114 →
מֵעִ֔יר	me.'Ir	from a city	H5892 →
לְעוֹלָ֖ם	le.'o.Lam	for ever	H5769 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִבָּנֶֽה׃	yi.ba.Neh	it will be rebuilt	H1129 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Isaiah 17:1
This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.
leads to
- Amos 1:3–5
  This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.
- Zechariah 9:1
  This is the burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and Damascus its resting place—for the eyes of men and of all the tribes of Israel are upon the…
- Isaiah 7:8
  For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
- Genesis 14:15
  During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
- Acts 9:2
  and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
Through
Isaiah 13:22
Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:33
  For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her…
Through
Isaiah 25:12
The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.
leads to
- Isaiah 26:5
  For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.
Through
Isaiah 23:13
Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to…
leads to
- Habakkuk 1:6
  For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.

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About Isaiah