Isaiah 25:4

Isaiah 25:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
• New International Version (NIV)You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against a wall
• English Standard Version (ESV)For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat; for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,
• New King James Version (NKJV)For You have been a strength to the poor, A strength to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, A shade from the heat; For the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

Context of Isaiah 25:4

2For You have turned a city into a heap, A fortified city into a ruin; A palace of strangers is no longer a city, It will never be rebuilt. 3Therefore a strong people will glorify You; Cities of ruthless nations will revere You. For You have been a stronghold for the helpless, A stronghold for the poor in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat; For the breath of the ruthless Is like a rain storm against a wall. 5Like heat in a dry land, You subdue the uproar of foreigners; Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is silenced. 6Now the Lord of armies will prepare a lavish banquet for all peoples on this mountain; A banquet of aged wine, choice pieces with marrow, And refined, aged wine.

Isaiah 25:4 word by word

כִּֽי־הָיִ֨יתָ מָע֥וֹז לַדָּ֛ל מָע֥וֹז לָאֶבְי֖וֹן בַּצַּר־ל֑וֹ מַחְסֶ֤ה מִזֶּ֙רֶם֙ צֵ֣ל מֵחֹ֔רֶב כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ עָרִיצִ֖ים כְּזֶ֥רֶם קִֽיר׃Read the interlinear

• For You have beenהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• strongholdמָעוֹזmâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz mâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz · securityH4581
• for the poorאֶבְיוֹן'ebyôn · needyH34
• in his distressצַרtsar tsâr · distressH6862
• refugeמַחְסֶּהmachăseh machseh · refugeH4268
• from the stormזֶ֫רֶםzerem · stormH2230
• a shadeצֵלtsêl · shadowH6738
• from the heatחֹ֫רֶבchôreb · droughtH2721
• For the breathרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
• ruthlessעָרִיץ‛ârîyts · ruthlessH6184
• a wallקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023

Cross-references for Isaiah 25:4

• Isaiah 11:4But with righteousness He will judge the poor, And decide with fairness for the humble of the earth; And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.
• Isaiah 14:32What answer will one give the messengers of the nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, And the poor of His people will take refuge in it.”
• Isaiah 29:19The afflicted also will increase their joy in the Lord, And the needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 33:2Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited for You. Be their strength every morning, Our salvation also in the time of distress.
• Isaiah 66:2For My hand made all these things, So all these things came into being,” declares the Lord. “But I will look to this one, At one who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at My word.
• Job 5:15But He saves from the sword of their mouth, And the poor from the hand of the strong.
• Psalms 12:5“Because of the devastation of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will put him in the safety for which he longs.”
• Psalms 35:10All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like You, Who rescues the afflicted from one who is too strong for him, And the afflicted and the poor from one who robs him?”
• Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted of the people, Save the children of the needy, And crush the oppressor.
• Psalms 107:41But He sets the needy securely on high, away from affliction, And makes his families like a flock.
• Psalms 119:31I cling to Your testimonies; Lord, do not put me to shame!
• Zephaniah 3:12But I will leave among you A humble and lowly people, And they will take refuge in the name of the Lord.
• James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters: did God not choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
• Isaiah 4:5then the Lord will create over the entire area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy.
• Isaiah 32:2Each will be like a refuge from the wind And a shelter from the storm, Like streams of water in a dry country, Like the shade of a huge rock in an exhausted land.
• Isaiah 32:18Then my people will live in a peaceful settlement, In secure dwellings, and in undisturbed resting places;

Commentaries on Isaiah 25:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4As a storm against the wall "Like a winter-storm" - For קיר kir, read קור kor : or, as עיר ir from ערר arar, so קיר kir from קרר karar . - Capellus.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For thou hast been a strength to the poor - Thou hast sustained and upheld them in their trials, and hast delivered them. God is often spoken of as the strength of his people. Isaiah 26:4: In the Lord Yahweh is everlasting strength.‘ Psalm 27:1: The Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?‘ Psalm 28:8; Psalm 29:11; Psalm 31:2; Psalm 46:1; Isaiah 45:24. By the poor‘ and the needy‘ here undoubtedly are mean; the captive Jews who had been…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. 44. the poor ... needy--the Jews, exiles from their country (Is 26:6; 41:17). heat--calamity (Is 4:6; 32:2). blast--that is, wrath. storm--a tempest of rain, a winter flood, rushing against and overthrowing the wall of a house.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 25:4

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Blessing
• Poor

In the dictionaries

• Feast
• Heap
• Swim
• Blast
• Heat
• Intercession
• Isaiah
• Poor
• Salvation
• Tempest

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