Isaiah 25:4 NIV

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

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 25:1-12

24:1-27:13 FINAL JUDGMENT AND SALVATIONThe judgment of various contemporary nations leads the prophet to consider God’s final great judgment on the world. Naturally, his illustrations are taken from the world that he knew, and the nations he mentions are those of his time, but the principles of judgment and salvation that he presents are those of the unchangeable God. They will find their fullest expression in God’s mighty triumph at the end of the world’s history.Some will mourn, others... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 25:4

strength = stronghold. poor. Hebrew. dal = impoverished, reduced. See note on "poverty" Proverbs 6:11 . when the blast of the terrible ones is = for the blast of the terrible ones [is], &c. blast. Hebrew. ruach ( App-9 ), as in Isaiah 37:7 . Exodus 15:8 . 2 Kings 19:7 . branch = triumphal song. brought low = become low. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 25:3-5

Isaiah 25:3-5. Therefore, &c.— These verses contain another gradation of this triumphal song; the meaning whereof is, that the deliverance and salvation which God had procured by his right hand for his people, reduced to extreme straits, and, as it seemed, about to perish should conciliate to him the reverence and honour of powerful and fierce nations; nay, even of those very nations which had opposed the church, and had affected empire over it, and of the city itself, the metropolis of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 25:4

4. the poor . . . needy—the Jews, exiles from their country (Isaiah 26:6; Isaiah 41:17). heat—calamity (Isaiah 4:6; Isaiah 32:2). blast—that is, wrath. storm—a tempest of rain, a winter flood, rushing against and overthrowing the wall of a house. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 25:1-5

Pilgrims on the march 25:1-5 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 25:4

Specifically, they will confess how He delivered those who trusted in Him (during the Tribulation) in spite of the fierce antagonism of their enemies, which was like driving rain (cf. Psalms 61:2-4). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 25:1-12

1. Thy counsels, etc.] RV ’even counsels of old’ (i.e. formed of old) ’in faithfulness and truth.’2. A city] viz. the one that oppressed God’s people (Isaiah 24:10). Strangers] aliens from God’s covenant people (Isaiah 1:7). 3. The hostile power is not utterly destroyed; its remnant acknowledges Jehovah. 4. Strength] RV ’stronghold.’5. As the heat] i.e. as heat is assuaged by the shadow of a cloud. Branch] RV ’song’; viz. of triumph.6. The temporal and spiritual blessings which the rule of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 25:4

(4) Thou hast been a strength . . .—Literally, a fortress. The fierceness of the oppressor is represented by the intolerable heat, and the fierce tornado of an eastern storm, dashing against the wall, threatening it with destruction. From that storm the faithful servants of the Lord should find shelter as in the castle of the great King. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 25:1-12

An Act of Faith Isaiah 25:1 I. 'O Lord, Thou art my God.' This is not a prayer, but something higher 'an act of faith'. What do we mean by an act of faith? We mean an expression of faith in which the will has its part. An act of faith should be the utterance of the whole nature, the will giving effect both to the conclusions of the reason and to the desires of the affections. An act of faith seems so simple; it is tremendous, for it involves the operation of the whole soul. II. There is (1)... read more