Isaiah 25:1-5

Praise to the LORD

1 LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.

2 You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners’ stronghold a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.

3 Therefore strong peoples will honor you; cities of ruthless nations will revere you.

4 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

5 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.

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Isaiah 25:1-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 25

This chapter contains a thanksgiving, or a triumphant song, upon the destruction of antichrist, and the antichristian states, for benefits and blessings bestowed upon the church, and for the setting up of the glorious kingdom of Christ in the Jerusalem state. It begins with a form of praise, and the reason of it in general, Isa 25:1 the particular instances of wonderful things are, the ruin of a certain city described, Isa 25:2 which will issue in the fear and glory of God, Isa 25:3 the great appearance of the Lord for his poor people, in being strength, refuge, and a shadow to them, Isa 25:4,5 a rich feast made for them, Isa 25:6 the removal of the veil from all people, Isa 25:7 the abolition of death, and every affliction, Isa 25:8 the personal appearance of Christ unto salvation, Isa 25:9 the protection of the church, and the certain and utter destruction of her enemies, under the name of Moab, Isa 25:10-12

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 20

1. S Isaiah 7:13
2. S Psalms 145:2; S Isaiah 12:1,4
3. Isaiah 11:5
4. Psalms 40:5; Psalms 98:1; Joel 2:21,26
5. Numbers 23:19; S Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 37:26; Isaiah 46:11; Ephesians 1:11
6. Isaiah 17:1; Isaiah 26:5; Isaiah 37:26
7. S Isaiah 17:3
8. S Deuteronomy 13:16
9. S Isaiah 13:22
10. S Job 12:14
11. S Exodus 6:2; S Psalms 22:23; S Isaiah 11:14
12. S Isaiah 13:11
13. S 2 Samuel 22:3; S Psalms 118:8; S Isaiah 4:6; Isaiah 17:10; Isaiah 27:5; Isaiah 33:16; Joel 3:16
14. S Isaiah 3:14
15. S Isaiah 14:30; Isaiah 29:19
16. S Psalms 55:8
17. Isaiah 29:5; Isaiah 49:25
18. Jeremiah 51:55
19. S Psalms 18:44
20. S Isaiah 13:11