Isaiah 25:5

Isaiah 25:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
• English Standard Version (ESV)like heat in a dry place. You subdue the noise of the foreigners; as heat by the shade of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless is put down.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You will reduce the noise of aliens, As heat in a dry place; As heat in the shadow of a cloud, The song of the terrible ones will be diminished.
• New Living Translation (NLT)or like the relentless heat of the desert. But you silence the roar of foreign nations. As the shade of a cloud cools relentless heat, so the boastful songs of ruthless people are stilled.

Context of Isaiah 25:5

3Therefore strong peoples will honor you; cities of ruthless nations will revere you. 4You 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 and like the heat of the desert. You silence the uproar of foreigners; as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless is stilled. 6On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine— the best of meats and the finest of wines. 7On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;

Isaiah 25:5 word by word

כְּחֹ֣רֶב בְּצָי֔וֹן שְׁא֥וֹן זָרִ֖ים תַּכְנִ֑יעַ חֹ֚רֶב בְּצֵ֣ל עָ֔ב זְמִ֥יר עָֽרִיצִ֖ים יַעֲנֶֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt bring downכָּנַעkâna‛ · be humbleH3665
• the noiseשָׁאוֹןshâ'ôn · roarH7588
• of strangersזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• as the heatחֹ֫רֶבchôreb · droughtH2721
• in a dry placeצָיוֹןtsîyôn · drynessH6724
• with the shadowצֵלtsêl · shadowH6738
• of a cloudעָב‛âb · cloudH5645
• the branchזָמִירzâmîyr · branchH2159
• of the terrible onesעָרִיץ‛ârîyts · ruthlessH6184
• shall be brought lowעוּן‛ânâh · to dwellH6030

Cross-references for Isaiah 25:5

• Isaiah 10:8‘Are not my commanders all kings?’ he says.
• Isaiah 13:11I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
• Isaiah 14:10They will all respond, they will say to you, “You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us.”
• Isaiah 17:12Woe to the many nations that rage— they rage like the raging sea! Woe to the peoples who roar— they roar like the roaring of great waters!
• Isaiah 30:30The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice and will make them see his arm coming down with raging anger and consuming fire, with cloudburst, thunderstorm and hail.
• Isaiah 49:25But this is what the Lord says: “Yes, captives will be taken from warriors, and plunder retrieved from the fierce; I will contend with those who contend with you, and your children I will save.
• Isaiah 54:15If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing; whoever attacks you will surrender to you.
• Isaiah 64:1Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!
• Psalms 74:3Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
• Psalms 79:10Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.
• Jeremiah 50:11“Because you rejoice and are glad, you who pillage my inheritance, because you frolic like a heifer threshing grain and neigh like stallions,
• Jeremiah 51:38Her people all roar like young lions, they growl like lion cubs.
• Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit.
• Ezekiel 38:9You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.
• Ezekiel 39:1“Son of man, prophesy against Gog and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshek and Tubal.
• Daniel 7:23“He gave me this explanation: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it.

Commentaries on Isaiah 25:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Of strangers "Of the proud" - The same mistake here as in Isaiah 25:2; (note): see the note there. Here זדים zedim, the proud, is parallel to עריצים aritsim, the formidable: as in Psalm 54:5, and Psalm 86:14. The heat with the shadow of a cloud "As the heat by a thick cloud" - For חרב choreb, the Syriac, Chaldee, Vulgate, and two MSS. read כחרב kechoreb, which is a repetition of the beginning of the foregoing parallel line; and the verse taken out of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Thou shalt bring down the noise - The tumult; the sound which they make in entering into battle; or the note of triumph, and the sound of revelry. The phrase may refer either to their shout of exultation over their vanquished foes; or to the usual sound of revelry; or to the hum of business in a vast city. Of strangers - Of foreigners (see the note at Isaiah 25:2). As the heat in a dry place - The parallelism here requires that we should suppose the…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. 55. Translate, "As the heat in a dry land (is brought down by the shadow of a cloud, so) thou shalt bring down the tumult (the shout of triumph over their enemies) of strangers (foreigners); and as the heat by the shadow of the cloud (is brought low), so the branch (the offspring) of the terrible ones shall be brought low." Parkhurst translates the Hebrew for "branch," the exulting song. Jerome translates the last clause, "And as when the heat burns under…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Branch
• Cloud
• Feast
• Heap
• Swim
• Bring
• Heat
• Intercession
• Isaiah
• Noise

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