New English Translation
Isaiah 25:3
3So a strong nation will extol you; the towns of powerful 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
1O Lord, you are my God! I will exalt you in praise, I will extol your fame. For you have done extraordinary things, and executed plans made long ago exactly as you decreed. 2Indeed, you have made the city into a heap of rubble, the fortified town into a heap of ruins; the fortress of foreigners is no longer a city, it will never be rebuilt. So a strong nation will extol you; the towns of powerful nations will fear you. 4For you are a protector for the poor, a protector for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm, a shade from the heat. Though the breath of tyrants is like a winter rainstorm, 5like heat in a dry land, you humble the boasting foreigners. Just as the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside, so he causes the song of tyrants to cease.
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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 children’s guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the Lord; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.
- Isaiah 60:10Foreigners will rebuild your walls; their kings will serve you. Even though I struck you down in my anger, I will restore my favor and have compassion on you.
- Isaiah 66:18“I hate their deeds and thoughts! So I am coming to gather all the nations and ethnic groups; they will come and witness my splendor.
- Psalms 46:10He says, “Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!”
- Psalms 66:3Say to God: “How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.
- Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth!
- Ezekiel 38:23I will exalt and magnify myself; I will reveal myself before many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’
- Ezekiel 39:21“I will display my majesty among the nations. All the nations will witness the judgment I have executed, and the power I have exhibited among them.
- Zechariah 14:9The Lord will then be king over all the earth. In that day the Lord will be seen as one with a single name.
- Revelation 11:13Just then a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest 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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