Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 5:25
25Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people. He raised his hand against them and struck them; the mountains quaked, and their corpses were like garbage in the streets. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
Isaiah 5:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
- New International Version (NIV)Therefore the Lord’s anger burns against his people; his hand is raised and he strikes them down. The mountains shake, and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them, and the mountains quaked; and their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore the anger of the Lord is aroused against His people; He has stretched out His hand against them And stricken them, And the hills trembled. Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.
Context of Isaiah 5:25
23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice. 24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes straw and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will become like something rotten and their blossoms will blow away like dust, for they have rejected the instruction of the Lord of Armies, and they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people. He raised his hand against them and struck them; the mountains quaked, and their corpses were like garbage in the streets. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike. 26He raises a signal flag for the distant nations and whistles for them from the ends of the earth. Look — how quickly and swiftly they come! 27None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap broken.
Read all of Isaiah 5Isaiah 5:25 word by word
עַל־כֵּ֡ן חָרָה֩ אַף־יְהוָ֨ה בְּעַמּ֜וֹ וַיֵּ֣ט יָד֧וֹ עָלָ֣יו וַיַּכֵּ֗הוּ וַֽיִּרְגְּזוּ֙ הֶֽהָרִ֔ים וַתְּהִ֧י נִבְלָתָ֛ם כַּסּוּחָ֖ה בְּקֶ֣רֶב חוּצ֑וֹת בְּכָל־זֹאת֙ לֹא־שָׁ֣ב אַפּ֔וֹ וְע֖וֹד יָד֥וֹ נְטוּיָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Therefore is the angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- kindledחָרָהchârâh · to be incensedH2734
- against his peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- and he hath stretched forthנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
- his handיָדyâd · handH3027
- against them, and hath smittenנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- them: and the hillsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- did trembleרָגַזrâgaz · to trembleH7264
- and their carcasesנְבֵלָהnebêlâh · carcassH5038
- tornסוּחָהsûchâh · offalH5478
- in the midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
- of the streetsחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
- is not turned awayשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
Cross-references for Isaiah 5:25
- Deuteronomy 31:17My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide my face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, ‘Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us?’
- Deuteronomy 32:19When the Lord saw this, he despised them, angered by his sons and daughters.
- 2 Kings 13:3So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he handed them over to King Hazael of Aram and to his son Ben-hadad during their reigns.
- 2 Kings 22:13“Go and inquire of the Lord for me, for the people, and for all Judah about the words in this book that has been found. For great is the Lord’s wrath that is kindled against us because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this book in order to do everything written about us.”
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against his people that there was no remedy.
- Psalms 106:40Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance.
- Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has overshadowed Daughter Zion with his anger! He has thrown down Israel’s glory from heaven to earth. He did not acknowledge his footstool in the day of his anger.
- Lamentations 5:22unless you have completely rejected us and are intensely angry with us.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16by keeping us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are constantly filling up their sins to the limit, and wrath has overtaken them at last.
- Isaiah 14:26This is the plan prepared for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out against all the nations.
- Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the mountains trembled; they shook because he burned with anger.
- Psalms 68:8the earth trembled and the skies poured rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
- Psalms 77:18The sound of your thunder was in the whirlwind; lightning lit up the world. The earth shook and quaked.
- Psalms 114:7Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
- Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills shook.
- Micah 1:4The mountains will melt beneath him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax near a fire, like water cascading down a mountainside.
Commentaries on Isaiah 5:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25The hills did tremble "And the mountains trembled" - Probably referring to the great earthquakes in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, in or not long before the time of the prophet himself, recorded as a remarkable era in the title of the prophecies of Amos., Amos 1:1, and by Zechariah, Zechariah 14:5.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled - The Lord is “enraged,” or is angry. Similar expressions often occur; Numbers 11:33; 2 Kings 23:26; Deuteronomy 11:17; Psalm 56:1-13:40; Job 19:11; Psalm 2:12. The “cause” of his anger was the crimes which are specified in this chapter. And he hath stretched forth his hand - To stretch forth the hand may be an action expressive of protection, invitation, or punishment. Here it is the latter; compare Isaiah…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-30Verses 24-30 Let not any expect to live easily who live wickedly. Sin weakens the strength, the root of a people; it defaces the beauty, the blossoms of a people. When God's word is despised, and his law cast away, what can men expect but that God should utterly abandon them? When God comes forth in wrath, the hills tremble, fear seizes even great men. When God designs the ruin of a provoking people, he can find instruments to be employed in it, as he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25mountains quake: This describes God’s wrath against sinners. The prophets often express God’s anger as the shaking of the earth’s foundations (Isaiah 13:13; 23:11; 24:18–19; 29:6; 54:10). God’s appearance in judgment or salvation through natural events is called a theophany (a visible display of God's presence). In these moments, God reveals himself through smoke, darkness, lightning, or earthquake (see Isaiah 6:1–4, 6; 13:13; Exodus 19:18–19; Psalm…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. anger ... kindled--(2Ki 22:13, 17). hills ... tremble--This probably fixes the date of this chapter, as it refers to the earthquake in the days of Uzziah (Am 1:1; Zec 14:5). The earth trembled as if conscious of the presence of God (Jr 4:24; Ha 3:6). torn--rather, were as dung (Psa 83:10). For all this, &c.--This burden of the prophet's strains, with dirge-like monotony, is repeated at Is 9:12, 17, 21; 10:4. With all the past calamities, still heavier…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 5
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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