Isaiah 25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 25:12

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. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25

A.M. 3292. B.C. 712. The prophet, reflecting on the contents of those great and glorious prophecies which he had delivered, concerning the destruction of God’s enemies, and the deliverance of his people, and especially concerning the sending of the Messiah, and the establishment and enlargement of his kingdom, in spite of all opposition, and the great glory of it, as predicted in the last verse, here interrupts the course of his prophecies, and breaks forth into a solemn celebration of these... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25:1

Isaiah 25:1. O Lord O Jehovah, thou art my God In covenant with me: my friend, my father, my portion. The prophet speaks in the name of the whole church, and of every true member of it. I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name Expressions these flowing from a deep and grateful sense of the divine goodness. Those that have Jehovah for their God are in duty bound to praise him. For thou hast done wonderful things In different ages and nations from the beginning hitherto, especially for... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25:2

Isaiah 25:2. Thou hast made of a city a heap Nineveh, Babylon, Ar of Moab, or any other strong city, or fortress, possessed by the enemies of the people of God. Vitringa has made it appear probable that Babylon is chiefly meant, “which was emphatically called the city; which was remarkably fortified, and which was inhabited by strangers, as the Assyrians and Babylonians are commonly called in prophetical language, and in the destruction of which the ancient believers rejoiced most... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25:3-4

Isaiah 25:3-4. Therefore shall the strong people fear thee Thy stoutest enemies, observing thy wonderful works, shall be converted, or at least, convinced, and forced to tremble before thee. For thou hast been a strength to the poor Hast defended thy poor and helpless people against the fiercest assaults of their enemies. When Or rather, for, or therefore, as the particle כי , generally signifies; the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm Of hail, rain, or wind, which makes a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25:5

Isaiah 25:5. Thou shall bring down the wise of strangers The tumultuous noise, as the word properly signifies; the rage and furious attempts of those heathen nations that fought against God’s people. As the heat in a dry place With as much ease as thou dost allay the heat of a dry place, by the shadow of thy clouds, or by the rain which falls from black and shadowy clouds. Here again, as in Isaiah 25:2, instead of strangers, Bishop Lowth reads, the proud. The branch of the terrible... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25:6-7

Isaiah 25:6-7. And in this mountain In mount Zion, namely, God’s church, very frequently meant by the names of Zion and Jerusalem, both in the Old and New Testaments; shall the Lord make unto all people Both Jews and Gentiles, who shall then be admitted to a participation of the same privileges and ordinances; a feast of fat things A feast made of the most delicate provisions: which is manifestly meant of the ordinances, graces, and comforts given by God in his church. Of wines on... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25:8

Isaiah 25:8. He The Lord, expressed both in the foregoing and following words, even the Messiah, who is both God and man; will swallow up death Shall, by his death, destroy the power of death, (Hebrews 2:14,) take away the sting of the first death, and prevent the second death, and give eternal life to all that truly believe in him. In victory Hebrew, לנצח , unto victory, that is, so as to overcome it perfectly; which complete victory Christ hath already purchased for, and will, in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25:9

Isaiah 25:9. And it shall be said in that day By God’s people, in the way of triumph and reply to their enemies; Lo, this is our God Your gods are senseless and impotent idols; but our God is omnipotent, and hath done these great and glorious works which fill the world with admiration. We may well boast of him, for there is no god like him. We have waited for him To appear in flesh; have waited for the coming of our Messiah, or Saviour, long since promised, and have waited a long... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25:10

Isaiah 25:10. For in this mountain In the gospel church; (he alludes to mount Zion, which was a type of it;) shall the hand of the Lord rest His powerful and gracious presence (which is often signified in Scripture by God’s hand) shall have its constant and settled abode: it shall not move from place to place, as it formerly did, with the tabernacle; nor shall it depart as it did from Jerusalem, but shall continue in his church, even to the end of the world, Matthew 28:20. And Moab shall... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 25:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25:3-4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25:6-7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 25:10

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