New King James Version
Isaiah 25:3
3Therefore the strong people will glorify You; The city of the terrible 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 Living Translation (NLT)Therefore, strong nations will declare your glory; ruthless nations will fear you.
Context of Isaiah 25:3
1O Lord, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, For You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. 2For You have made a city a ruin, A fortified city a ruin, A palace of foreigners to be a city no more; It will never be rebuilt. Therefore the strong people will glorify You; The city of the terrible nations will fear You. 4For 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. 5You 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.
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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 shall be your foster fathers, And their queens your nursing mothers; They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, And lick up the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord, For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me.”
- Isaiah 60:10“The sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, And their kings shall minister to you; For in My wrath I struck you, But in My favor I have had mercy on you.
- Isaiah 66:18“For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory.
- Psalms 46:10Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
- Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How awesome are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.
- Psalms 72:8He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth.
- Ezekiel 38:23Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’
- Ezekiel 39:21“I will set My glory among the nations; all the nations shall see My judgment which I have executed, and My hand which I have laid on them.
- Zechariah 14:9And the Lord shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be— “The Lord is one,” And His name one.
- Revelation 11:13In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid 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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