Isaiah 25:3

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹O LORD, You are my God. I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders-plans formed long ago in perfect faithfulness. ²Indeed, You have turned the city into a heap of rubble, a fortified town into ruins; the fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt. ³Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.⁴For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall, ⁵like heat in a dry land. You subdue the uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat of the day, so the song of the ruthless is silenced.

Bible Verse Review
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Isaiah 49:23-26, Isaiah 60:10-14, Isaiah 66:18-20, Psalms 46:10, Psalms 46:11, Psalms 66:3, Psalms 72:8-11, Ezekiel 38:23, Ezekiel 39:21, Ezekiel 39:22, Zechariah 14:9, Zechariah 14:16, Revelation 11:13, Revelation 11:15-17

Reciprocal: Psalms 22:23 - glorify Psalms 35:18 - much Jeremiah 15:21 - the terrible Ezekiel 28:7 - the terrible Ezekiel 32:12 - they shall Daniel 2:31 - terrible Micah 4:3 - and rebuke Hebrews 6:19 - both Revelation 15:4 - and glorify

Cross-References

2 Samuel 2:9
and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin-over all Israel.

1 Kings 10:1
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.

Job 6:19
The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.

Psalms 72:10
May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

Jeremiah 25:23
Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;

Jeremiah 49:8
Turn and run! Lie low, O residents of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him.

Ezekiel 25:13
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.

Ezekiel 27:6
Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.

Ezekiel 27:20
Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee,.... To whom the Lord is strength, as in the following verse Isaiah 25:4; who are strong in the Lord, in the power of his might, and in the grace that is in him; or such of the antichristian party as shall be awakened and convinced by the judgments of God on antichrist, and shall be converted, these shall give glory to the God of heaven, Revelation 11:13:

the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee; or such who have belonged to the city or jurisdiction of Rome, and have been terrible to the people of God, yet now shall be frightened themselves, and shall fear the Lord, either with a servile fear, or some, at least, with a truly filial fear; see Revelation 11:13.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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. The destruction of a city so proud and wicked as Babylon would alarm them, and would lead them to fear that they might share the same fate, especially as many of them had been associated in oppressing the now delivered people of the land of Judea.