Isaiah 25:3 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 25:3

Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.

BSB

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ASV

Therefore shall a strong people glorify thee; a city of terrible nations shall fear thee.

KJV

Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.

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Commentary

3 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 3:1.25 (444)

Israel was called to the knowledge of God through the tutoring of the law and was richly endowed with the things of God. It was delivered [from Egypt] and inherited the Promised Land. Although there were many other peoples living in other parts of the world, all were alien to spiritual matters and heavenly things. They had not tasted the gifts that come from God.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Of those people that have been strong and terrible against God. Those that have been enemies to God's kingdom, and have fought against the interests of it with a great deal of strength and terror, shall either be converted, and glorify God by joining with his people in his service, or at least convinced, so as to own themselves conquered.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The strong people - The reference here is not probably to the Babylonians, but to the surrounding nations. The deliverance of the Jews, and the destruction of Babylon, would be such striking events that they would lead the surrounding nations to acknowledge that it was the hand of God. The city of the terrible nations - The word ‘city’ here is taken probably in a collective sense, to denote the cities or the strong places of the surrounding nations which would be brought thus to tremble before God.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עַל־	'al-	there-	H5921 →
כֵּ֖ן	ken	-fore	H3651 →
יְכַבְּד֣וּךָ	ye.kha.be.Du.kha	they will honor you	H3513 →
עַם־	'am-	a people	H5971 →
עָ֑ז	'Az	strong	H5794 →
קִרְיַ֛ת	kir.Yat	a town of	H7151 →
גּוֹיִ֥ם	go.Yim	nations	H1471 →
עָרִיצִ֖ים	'a.ri.Tzim	ruthless	H6184 →
יִירָאֽוּךָ׃	yi.ra.'U.kha	they will fear you	H3372 →

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The walk

The walk8

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.

Through
Zechariah 14:9
On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:5–6
  one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
- Revelation 11:15
  Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…
- Daniel 7:27
  Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all…
- Isaiah 2:2–4
  In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to…
- Zephaniah 3:9
  For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
Through
Zechariah 14:16
Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
leads to
- Isaiah 66:23
  From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
- Zechariah 14:17–19
  And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.
- Isaiah 66:18–21
  “And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Isaiah