God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 25:3
3That is why strong people will honor you, and cities ruled by the world’s tyrants 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
1O Lord, you are my God. I will highly honor you; I will praise your name. You have done miraculous things. You have been completely reliable in carrying out your plans from long ago. 2You have turned cities into ruins, fortified cities into piles of rubble, and foreigners’ palaces into cities that will never be rebuilt. That is why strong people will honor you, and cities ruled by the world’s tyrants will fear you. 4You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rain, and shade from the heat. (A tyrant’s breath is like a rainstorm against a wall, 5like heat in a dry land.) You calm the uproar of foreigners. The song of tyrants is silenced like heat that is ⌞reduced⌟ by the shadow of a cloud.
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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 49:23Then kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens will nurse you. They will bow in front of you with their faces touching the ground. They will lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord. Those who wait with hope for me will not be put to shame.
- Isaiah 60:10“Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. In my anger I struck you, but in my favor I have compassion on you.
- Isaiah 66:18Because of their actions and their thoughts, I am coming to gather the nations of every language. They will come and see my glory.
- Psalms 46:10Let go ⌞of your concerns⌟! Then you will know that I am God. I rule the nations. I rule the earth.
- Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How awe-inspiring are your deeds! Your power is so great that your enemies will cringe in front of you.
- Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea, from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
- Ezekiel 38:23I will show my greatness and my holiness. I will reveal myself to many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’ ”
- Ezekiel 39:21“I will show my greatness among the nations. All the nations will see how I will turn my power against them to punish them.
- Zechariah 14:9The Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be the only Lord and his name the only name.
- Revelation 11:13At that moment a powerful earthquake struck. One-tenth of the city collapsed, 7,000 people were killed by the earthquake, and the rest were terrified. They 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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