Isaiah 25:2

Isaiah 25:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
• New International Version (NIV)You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners’ stronghold a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin; the foreigners' palace is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For You have made a city a ruin, A fortified city a ruin, A palace of foreigners to be a city no more; It will never be rebuilt.

Context of Isaiah 25:2

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. Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. 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,

Isaiah 25:2 word by word

כִּ֣י שַׂ֤מְתָּ מֵעִיר֙ לַגָּ֔ל קִרְיָ֥ה בְצוּרָ֖ה לְמַפֵּלָ֑ה אַרְמ֤וֹן זָרִים֙ מֵעִ֔יר לְעוֹלָ֖ם לֹ֥א יִבָּנֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Indeedכִּיkîy · forH3588
• You have madeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• a heap of rubbleגַּלgal · heapH1530
• the fortifiedבָּצַרbâtsar · to gather/restrain/fortifyH1219
• townקִרְיָהqiryâh · townH7151
• a ruinמַפֵּלָהmappâlâh mappêlâh · ruinH4654
• The fortressאַרְמוֹן'armôn · citadel: fortressH759
• of strangersזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• it will neverעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• it will neverלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• be rebuiltבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129

Cross-references for Isaiah 25:2

• Isaiah 25:12The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.
• Isaiah 14:23“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
• Isaiah 17:1This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.
• Isaiah 21:9Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
• Isaiah 23:13Look at the land of the Chaldeans— a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
• Deuteronomy 13:16And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.
• Jeremiah 51:26No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.
• Nahum 3:12All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!
• Isaiah 13:22Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
• Revelation 18:2And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.

Commentaries on Isaiah 25:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2A city "The city" - Nineveh, Babylon, Ar, Moab, or any other strong fortress possessed by the enemies of the people of God. For the first מעיר meir, of a city, the Syriac and Vulgate read העיר hair, the city; the Septuagint and Chaldee read ערים arim, cities, in the plural, transposing the letters. After the second מעיר meir, a MS. adds לגל lagol, for a heap. A palace of strangers "The palace of the proud ones" - For זרים zarim, strangers, MS. Bodl. and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For thou hast made - This is supposed to be uttered by the Jews who should return from Babylon, and therefore refers to what would have been seen by them. In their time it would have occurred that God had made of the city an heap. Of a city - I suppose the whole scope of the passage requires us to understand this of Babylon. There has been, however, a great variety of interpretation of this passage. Grotius supposed that Samaria was intended. Calvin that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5Isaiah praises God for protecting those in need (see Isaiah 12:1–6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. a city ... heap--Babylon, type of the seat of Antichrist, to be destroyed in the last days (compare Jr 51:37, with Re 18:1-24, followed, as here, by the song of the saints' thanksgiving in Re 19:1-21). "Heaps" is a graphic picture of Babylon and Nineveh as they now are. palace--Babylon regarded, on account of its splendor, as a vast palace. But Maurer translates, "a citadel." of strangers--foreigners, whose capital pre-eminently Babylon was, the…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

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• Ruin
• Salvation

Commentaries on Isaiah 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings