Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 25:3
3Therefore, a strong people will honor you. The cities of violent nations will fear you.
Isaiah 25:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Therefore strong peoples will honor you; cities of ruthless nations will revere you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore strong peoples will glorify you; cities of ruthless nations will fear you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore the strong people will glorify You; The city of the terrible nations will fear You.
Context of Isaiah 25:3
1Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you. I will praise your name, for you have accomplished wonders, plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness. 2For you have turned the city into a pile of rocks, a fortified city, into ruins; the fortress of barbarians is no longer a city; it will never be rebuilt. Therefore, a strong people will honor you. The cities of violent nations will fear you. 4For you have been a stronghold for the poor person, a stronghold for the needy in his distress, a refuge from storms and a shade from heat. When the breath of the violent is like a storm against a wall, 5like heat in a dry land, you will subdue the uproar of barbarians. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat of the day, so he will silence the song of the violent.
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עַל־כֵּ֖ן יְכַבְּד֣וּךָ עַם־עָ֑ז קִרְיַ֛ת גּוֹיִ֥ם עָרִיצִ֖ים יִירָאֽוּךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 25:3
- Isaiah 49:23Kings will be your guardians and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the ground and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who put their hope in me will not be put to shame.
- Isaiah 60:10Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in my wrath, yet I will show mercy to you with my favor.
- Isaiah 66:18“Knowing their works and their thoughts, I have come to gather all nations and languages; they will come and see my glory.
- Psalms 46:10“Stop fighting, and know that I am God, exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth.”
- Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How awe-inspiring are your works! Your enemies will cringe before you because of your great strength.
- Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
- Ezekiel 38:23I will display my greatness and holiness, and I will reveal myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’
- Ezekiel 39:21“I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment I have executed and the hand I have laid on them.
- Zechariah 14:9On that day the Lord will become King over the whole earth — the Lord alone, and his name alone.
- Revelation 11:13At that moment a violent earthquake took place, a tenth of the city fell, and seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake. The survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Commentaries on Isaiah 25:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Assyria and Egypt were strong and ruthless nations, but in the future, they will honor God instead of their own power.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. strong people--This cannot apply to the Jews; but other nations on which Babylon had exercised its cruelty (Is 14:12) shall worship Jehovah, awed by the judgment inflicted on Babylon (Is 23:18). city--not Babylon, which shall then be destroyed, but collectively for the cities of the surrounding nations.Read the comment
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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
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