Isaiah 65:25 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 65:25

The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.

KJV

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together - (See the notes at Isa. 11.) And the lion shall eat straw - Shall eat hay or provender like the ox. The food of the lion now is flesh. Changes shall take place as great as if his nature were changed, and he should graze with the herds of the field. See a full illustration of this sentiment from the classic writors in the notes at Isa 11:6. Like the bullock - Or the ox - the cattle that herd together - for so the Hebrew word (בקר bâqâr) means.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

And dust - God promises a time of tranquility to his church under the metaphor of serpents eating the dust, their proper meat, Gen. iii, 14, instead of flying upon men: it signifies such a time, when wicked men shall no more eat up the people of God.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

All the enemies of God's church, that are subtle and venomous as serpents, shall be conquered and subdued, and be made to lick the dust, Christ shall reign as Zion's King till all the enemies of his kingdom be made his footstool, and theirs too.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
זְאֵ֨ב	ze.'Ev	wolf	H2061 →
וְטָלֶ֜ה	ve.ta.Leh	and lamb	H2924 →
יִרְע֣וּ	yir.'U	they will graze	H7462 →
כְאֶחָ֗ד	khe.'e.Chad	as one	H259 →
וְאַרְיֵה֙	ve.'ar.Yeh	and [the] lion	H738 →
כַּבָּקָ֣ר	ka.ba.Kar	like the ox	H1241 →
יֹֽאכַל־	yo.khal-	it will eat	H398 →
תֶּ֔בֶן	Te.ven	straw	H8401 →
וְנָחָ֖שׁ	ve.na.Chash	and a snake	H5175 →
עָפָ֣ר	'a.Far	[will be] dust	H6083 →
לַחְמ֑וֹ	lach.Mo	food its	H3899 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יָרֵ֧עוּ	ya.Re.'u	they will do harm	H7489 →
וְלֹֽא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
יַשְׁחִ֛יתוּ	yash.Chi.tu	they will destroy	H7843 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	in all	H3605 →
הַ֥ר	har	[the] mountain of	H2022 →
קָדְשִׁ֖י	kod.shi	holiness my	H6944 →
אָמַ֥ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָֽה׃ ס	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Micah 4:3
Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take…
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- Isaiah 2:4
  Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against…
- Joel 3:9–16
  Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
- Matthew 25:31–32
  When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
- Hosea 2:18
  On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish…
- Acts 17:31
  For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
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Micah 7:17
They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of…
leads to
- Isaiah 49:23
  Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD;…
- Psalms 72:9
  May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.
- Psalms 18:45
  Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.