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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• 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.

Context of Isaiah 25:5

3Therefore a strong people will honor You. Cities of ruthless nations will fear You. 4For You have been a stronghold for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the rainstorm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against the wall. Like heat in a dry place, You subdue the roar of foreigners. Like heat in the shade of a cloud, the song of tyrants is brought low. 6On this mountain, Adonai-Tzva’ot will prepare a lavish banquet for all peoples— a banquet of aged wine— of rich food, of choice marrow, of aged wine well refined. 7On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the veil spread over 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 10:8For he says: “Aren’t all my princes kings?
• Isaiah 13:11I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. I will put an end to the arrogance of the proud, and abase the insolence of tyrants.
• Isaiah 14:10They all answer and say to you: “Even you have become as weak as us? Have you become like us?
• Isaiah 17:12Oy ! The uproar of many peoples who roar like the roaring of the seas. The rumbling of nations, who rush in like the rumbling of mighty waters!
• Isaiah 30:30Adonai will make His glorious voice heard, and reveal His arm descending with fierce fury in a consuming fire, in cloudburst, rainstorm and hailstones.
• Isaiah 49:25For thus says Adonai: “Yes, captives of the mighty will be taken and the prey of the tyrant will be freed. For I will oppose your adversary. I will save your children.
• Isaiah 54:15Behold, anyone fiercely attacking is not from Me. Whoever stirs up strife with you will fall because of you.
• Isaiah 64:1As fire kindles brushwood, as fire causes water to boil, make Your Name known to Your foes, so the nations may tremble before You!
• Psalms 74:3Lift Your steps toward the perpetual ruins— an enemy has done all evil to the Sanctuary!
• Psalms 79:10Why should the nations say: “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, let it be known among the nations that You avenge the shed blood of Your servants.
• Jeremiah 50:11“Because you rejoice, because you exult— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a trampling heifer and neigh like stallions,
• Jeremiah 51:38They roar together like young lions, growl like lions cubs.
• Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, wail over Egypt’s throng. Bring them down —her and the daughters of lofty nations, to the underworld, to those who go down to the pit.
• Ezekiel 38:9you will come up, you will come like a storm, you will be like a cloud covering the land—you and all your troops and many peoples with you.’”
• Ezekiel 39:1“You, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
• Daniel 7:23“Thus he explained: ‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on earth that will be different from all the other kingdoms. It will devour the whole earth, and trample it and crush 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