Isaiah 65:25

Isaiah 65:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain," says the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, The lion shall eat straw like the ox, And dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,” Says the Lord.

Context of Isaiah 65:25

23They will never again work for nothing. They will never again give birth to children who die young, because they will be offspring blessed by the Lord. The Lord will bless their descendants as well. 24Before they call, I will answer. While they’re still speaking, I will hear. Wolves and lambs will feed together, lions will eat straw like oxen, and dust will be food for snakes. “They will not hurt or destroy anyone anywhere on my holy mountain,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 65:25 word by word

זְאֵ֨ב וְטָלֶ֜ה יִרְע֣וּ כְאֶחָ֗ד וְאַרְיֵה֙ כַּבָּקָ֣ר יֹֽאכַל־תֶּ֔בֶן וְנָחָ֖שׁ עָפָ֣ר לַחְמ֑וֹ לֹֽא־יָרֵ֧עוּ וְלֹֽא־יַשְׁחִ֛יתוּ בְּכָל־הַ֥ר קָדְשִׁ֖י אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The wolfזְאֵבze'êb · wolfH2061
• and the lambטָלֶהţâleh · lambH2924
• shall feedרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• togetherאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• and the lionאַרְיֵה'ărîy 'aryêh · lionH738
• shall eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• strawתֶּ֫בֶןteben · strawH8401
• like the bullockבָּקָרbâqâr · cattleH1241
• and dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• the serpent’sנָחָשׁnâchâsh · serpentH5175
• meatלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
• They shall not hurtרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
• nor destroyשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• in all my holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Isaiah 65:25

• Isaiah 11:6Wolves will live with lambs. Leopards will lie down with goats. Calves, young lions, and year-old lambs will be together, and little children will lead them.
• Isaiah 35:9Lions won’t be there. Wild animals won’t go on it. They won’t be found there. But the people reclaimed ⌞by the Lord⌟ will walk ⌞on it⌟.
• Acts 9:1Saul kept threatening to murder the Lord’s disciples. He went to the chief priest
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Don’t you know that wicked people won’t inherit God’s kingdom? Stop deceiving yourselves! People who continue to commit sexual sins, who worship false gods, those who commit adultery, homosexuals,
• Genesis 3:14So the Lord God said to the snake, “Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all the wild or domestic animals. You will crawl on your belly. You will be the lowest of animals as long as you live.
• Romans 16:20The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. May the good will of our Lord Jesus be with you!
• Revelation 12:7Then a war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels had to fight a war with the serpent. The serpent and its angels fought.
• Revelation 20:2He overpowered the serpent, that ancient snake, named Devil and Satan. The angel chained up the serpent for 1,000 years.
• Isaiah 2:4Then he will judge disputes between nations and settle arguments between many people. They will hammer their swords into plowblades and their spears into pruning shears. Nations will never fight against each other, and they will never train for war again.
• Isaiah 11:9They will not hurt or destroy anyone anywhere on my holy mountain. The world will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord like water covering the sea.
• Micah 4:3Then he will judge disputes between many people and settle arguments between many nations far and wide. They will hammer their swords into plowblades and their spears into pruning shears. Nations will never fight against each other, and they will never train for war again.
• Isaiah 65:11You have abandoned the Lord and forgotten my holy mountain. You have prepared a table for the god of good fortune and offered cups full of spiced wine to the goddess of destiny.
• Ezekiel 43:11Suppose they are ashamed of everything that they have done. Then show them the design of the temple, its arrangements, its exits and entrances—its entire design. Tell them about all its rules and regulations. Then write these things down for them so that they can remember its design and follow all its rules.
• Zechariah 8:3This is what the Lord says: I will return to Zion and live in Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth. The mountain of the Lord of Armies will be called the holy mountain.
• Zechariah 14:20On that day “Holy to the Lord” will be written on the bells of the horses. And the cooking pots in the house of the Lord will be like the bowls in front of the altar.
• Revelation 14:1I looked, and the lamb was standing on Mount Zion. There were 144,000 people with him who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.

Commentaries on Isaiah 65:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25The wolf and the lamb, etc. - The glorious salvation which Jesus Christ procures is for men, and for men only: fallen spirits must still abide under the curse: "He took not on him the nature of angels, but the seed of Abraham." Shall feed together - For כאחד keechad, as one, an ancient MS. has יחדו yachdav, together; the usual word, to the same sense, but very different in the letters. The Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate seem to agree with the MSS. - L.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25The wolf and the lamb shall feed together - (See the notes at Isaiah 11:6. Like the bullock - Or the ox - the cattle that herd together - for so the Hebrew word (בקר bâqâr ) means. The word may be app ied to a bullock, an ox, or a cow. And dust shall be the serpent‘s meat - There is evidently here an allusion to the sentence pronounced on the serpent in Genesis 3:14. The meaning of the declaration here is, probably, that dust should continue to be the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-25Verses 17-25 In the grace and comfort believers have in and from Christ, we are to look for this new heaven and new earth. The former confusions, sins and miseries of the human race, shall be no more remembered or renewed. The approaching happy state of the church is described under a variety of images. He shall be thought to die in his youth, and for his sins, who only lives to the age of a hundred years. The event alone can determine what is meant; but…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25The snakes represent evil (Isaiah 27:1; Genesis 3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. (See on Is 11:6). and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock--(See on Is 11:7). and dust--rather, "but dust," &c. The curse shall remain on the serpent [Horsley], (Ge 3:14; Mi 7:17). "To lick the dust" is figurative of the utter and perpetual degradation of Satan and his emissaries (Is 49:23; Psa 72:9). Satan fell self-tempted; therefore no atonement was contrived for him, as there was for man, who fell by his temptation (Jude 6; Joh 8:44). From…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 65:25

• Church
• Jesus, the Christ
• Millennium
• Nation
• Righteous
• Serpent
• Straw

In the dictionaries

• Bullock
• Cry
• Lamb
• Sought
• Straw
• Thence
• Isaiah
• Lion
• Oreb; Zeeb
• Serpent

Commentaries on Isaiah 65

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• 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