Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Isaiah 25:12
The fortress of the high fort of thy walls; all thy walled cities and fortifications, to which thou trustest.
The fortress of the high fort of thy walls; all thy walled cities and fortifications, to which thou trustest.
AND THE FORTRESS ... - Thy strong defenses shall be destroyed. This is spoken of Moab (compare the notes at Isaiah 15:1;Isaiah 16:1), and is designed to be emblematic of the enemies of the people of G...
CHAPTER 25 Israel's Praise and the Blessings of the Kingdom 1. _The praise of the delivered nation (Isaiah 25:1)_ 2. _The blessing for all nations during the Kingdom (Isaiah 25:6)_ 3. Israel rejoicin...
A SONG OF DELIVERANCE. MOAB IS CRUSHED. Then they will sing, Yahweh is our Saviour, let us exult in His salvation. For Moab shall be ignominiously trampled under foot, and if he tries to keep himself...
BRING DOWN, LAY LOW, AND BRING TO THE GROUND. Note the Figure of speech _Synonymia_, to emphasize the certainty and reality of what had been expressed by the Figure of speech _Simile_ in verses: Isaia...
_the fortress … walls_ Better perhaps, THE TOWERING FORTIFICATION OF THY WALLS. This verse has suggested the identification of the city of Isaiah 25:2; Isaiah 26:5 f. with a city of Moab. The expressi...
The humiliation of Moab. The heading in Isaiah 25:9 marks this as a distinct section. It might indeed be supposed, from the phrase "in this mountain" in Isaiah 25:10, and the use of future tenses in 1...
FOR IN THIS MOUNTAIN SHALL THE HAND OF THE LORD— In these verses we have a confirmation of the proposition; and they contain two arguments for the confidence and rejoicing of the people of God; the on...
3. JUBILATION FOR JEHOVAH'S PREDOMINANCE TEXT: Isaiah 25:10-12 10 For in this mountain will the hand of Jehovah rest; and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in t...
And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. THE FORTRESS - the strongholds of Moab, the representative of the foes of Go...
1. THY COUNSELS, etc.] RV 'even counsels of old' (i.e. formed of old) 'in faithfulness and truth.'...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 25 A SONG TO PRAISE GOD V1 *Lord, you are my God. I will always give you great honou...
Moab’s powerful defences are completely hopeless. LORD ~ God’s name in the Bible. In the original language, it means ‘head over all’ and ‘God always’.'MOUNT ZION ~ the mountain in Jerusalem where God...
AND THE FORTRESS OF THE HIGH FORT OF THY WALLS... — Primarily the words, as interpreted by Isaiah 25:10, point to Kir-Moab (Isaiah 15:1) as the stronghold of the nation. Beyond this they predict a lik...
וּ מִבְצַ֞ר מִשְׂגַּ֣ב חֹומֹתֶ֗יךָ הֵשַׁ֥ח הִשְׁפִּ֛יל...
BOOK 5 PROPHECIES NOT RELATING TO ISAIAH'S TIME In the first thirty-nine Chapter s of the Book of Isaiah-the half which refers to the prophet's own career and the politics contemporary with that - we...
CHAPTER XXX THE RESURRECTION Isaiah 26:14; Isaiah 25:6 GRANTED the pardon, the justice, the Temple and the God, which the returning exiles now enjoyed, the possession of these only makes more painf...
SORROW TURNED TO GLADNESS Isaiah 25:1-12 Here is a song of thanksgiving at the fall of Babylon. When she fell, a sigh of relief passed over the whole world, and strong, terrible nations over which sh...
Immediately following this terrible description is a prophecy which, in the form of praise, declares the activity of Jehovah. The song first offers praise for judgment both in its procedure, as it des...
REFLECTIONS READER! how shall we close our meditation on the gospel subject contained in this chapter, in better terms than in seeking grace to catch the Prophet's note, and blessing God, and exalting...
Reader! I must not swell my Poor Man's Commentary: I only, therefore; detain you, to observe on these verses, that the Lord hath uniformly, through all the Bible, connected the subject of destruction...
12._And the fortress. _The Prophet now directs his discourse to the country of Moab. It was highly fortified, and was proud of its walls and fortifications; and he affirms that the lofty towers, and o...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 25 AND 26. Chapter s 25 and 26 take the form of a song, in which the effect of God's intervention is celebrated. Let us observe its principal subjects. God is...
AND THE FORTRESS OF THE HIGH FORT OF THY WALLS SHALL HE BRING DOWN,.... That is, their high and, fenced walls, which were about their cities, the fortifications of them; these should be destroyed by t...
And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, [and] bring to the ground, [even] to the dust. Ver. 12. _Shall he bring down, &c._] To show that there is no strength agai...
_And he_ Either, 1st, Moab, who, being plunged into a sea of troubles, shall endeavour to swim out of it, but to no purpose; or, 2d, The Lord, (who is designed by this pronoun _he_, both in the latter...
And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls, the strongholds of Moab, SHALL HE BRING DOWN, utterly overthrowing them, LAY LOW, AND BRING TO THE GROUND, EVEN TO THE DUST. Thus all the enemies of the...
PRAISE FOR THE SUBJECTION OF MOAB...
9-12 With joy and praise will those entertain the glad tidings of the Redeemer, who looked for him; and with a triumphant song will glorified saints enter into the joy of their Lord. And it is not in...
Isaiah 25:12 fortress H4013 fort H4869 walls H2346 down H7817 (H8689) low H8213 (H8689) bring H5060 ...
CONTENTS: Triumphs of the coming Kingdom age. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: God should be exalted by His people for the wonderful things He has done, and is to do, according to His promises,...
Isaiah 25:2. _A defenced city a ruin._ This city, in the next words, is called _a palace of strangers;_ therefore it was a great city. In the critics we find nothing but conjectures, as Samaria Ar of...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 25:9 God humbles human pride. ⇐ ⇔...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 25:1 ISAIAH'S SONG OF PRAISE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GOD'S KINGDOM. AS in Isai
But O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth (Isaiah 25:1). In other words, "God, I'm goi...
2 Corinthians 10:4; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Hebrews 11:30; Isaiah 13:19;...
And — All thy fortifications, in which thou trustest....