Isaiah 25:12

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

⁹And in that day it will be said, "Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation." ¹⁰For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile. ¹¹He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the cleverness of his hands. ¹²The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.

Bible Verse Review
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the fortress: Isaiah 26:5, Jeremiah 51:58, Jeremiah 51:64, 2 Corinthians 10:4, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Hebrews 11:30, Revelation 18:21

to the dust: Isaiah 13:19-22, Isaiah 14:23

Reciprocal: Joshua 6:5 - and the wall Psalms 89:39 - profaned Isaiah 25:2 - For Lamentations 2:2 - brought them down to Daniel 11:10 - to his Micah 1:6 - I will make

Cross-References

Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 21:13
But I will also make a nation of the slave woman's son, because he is your offspring."

Genesis 25:10
This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.

Genesis 25:15
Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

Psalms 83:6
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down,.... That is, their high and, fenced walls, which were about their cities, the fortifications of them; these should be destroyed by the Lord, be battered and brought down, not being able to stand against his mighty power. The Targum renders it,

"the mighty city, the cities of the nations;''

and may design the city of Rome, and the cities of the nations that shall fall at the pouring out of the seventh and last vial, Revelation 16:19 it follows,

lay low, [and] bring to the ground, [even] to the dust; which variety of words without any copulative are used to express the sudden, quick, certain, and irrecoverable destruction of such fortified city, or cities, and their fortifications.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the fortress ... - Thy strong defenses shall be destroyed. This is spoken of Moab (compare the notes at Isaiah 15:1-9;Isaiah 16:1-14), and is designed to be emblematic of the enemies of the people of God (compare the notes at Isaiah 34:0) The repetition of the expressions ‘bring down,’ ‘lay low,’ and ‘bring to the ground,’ is designed to make the sentence emphatic, and to indicate that it would certainly be accomplished.