Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 25:3
Shall fear — Thy stoutest enemies observing thy wonderful works, shall be converted, or at least forced to tremble before thee.
Shall fear — Thy stoutest enemies observing thy wonderful works, shall be converted, or at least forced to tremble before thee.
THE 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 th...
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 PRAISE FOR YAHWEH'S GREAT DELIVERANCE. The deliverance still lies in the future; the song is written from the standpoint of the redeemed community, and expresses its exultation over its salv...
The effect of this judgment on the heathen world. The probable rendering is, THEREFORE ( MANY) A STRONG PEOPLE SHALL GLORIFY THEE, ( MANY) A CITY OF TERRIBLE NATIONS SHALL FEAR THEE. If a single city...
The writer of the psalm, speaking in the name of the believing community, praises God for His wonderful providence (Isaiah 25:1) manifested in the overthrow of Israel's enemies (2, 3) and in the mercy...
THEREFORE, &C.— These verses contain another gradation of this triumphal song; the meaning whereof is, that the deliverance and salvation which God had procured by his right hand for his people, reduc...
B. JUBILEE BY JUDAH, CHAPTER 25 1. JUBILATION FOR JEHOVAH'S POWER TEXT: Isaiah 25:1-5 1 O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, e...
Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. THEREFORE SHALL THE STRONG PEOPLE GLORIFY THEE. The nations on which Babylon had exercised its crue...
25:3 glorify (h-6) Or 'honour.'...
The hostile power is not utterly destroyed; its remnant acknowledges Jehovah....
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...
These impressive events will make foreign nations realise that the *Lord’s power is immense. (Isaiah does not name the nations.) GOD HAS SAVED US V4 *Lord, you have protected poor people. You have...
THEREFORE SHALL THE STRONG PEOPLE... — Better, “a _fierce people_ and a city,” the Hebrew having no article before either noun. The words paint the effect of the downfall of the imperial oppressor on...
עַל ־כֵּ֖ן יְכַבְּד֣וּךָ עַם ־עָ֑ז קִרְיַ֛ת ג
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...
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...
Therefore shall the (d) strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. (d) The arrogant and proud who before would not know you will by your corrections fear and glorif...
_People; the Chaldeans, or their conquerors._...
The Prophet, in the name of the Church, begins the song of praise. And without all doubt, it is a gospel song, in which redemption is celebrated. Probably with reference to the ruin of Babylon, which,...
3._Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee. _This is the end which I mentioned; (139) for if the Lord should destroy the world, no good result would follow, and indeed destruction could produce...
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...
THEREFORE SHALL THE STRONG PEOPLE GLORIFY THEE,.... To whom the Lord is strength, as in the following verse Isaiah 25:4; who are strong in the Lord, in the power of his might, and in the grace that is...
_Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee._ Ver. 3. _Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee._] Will they nill they, they shall confess,...
_Therefore shall the strong people fear thee_ Thy stoutest enemies, observing thy wonderful works, shall be converted, or at least, convinced, and forced to tremble before thee. _For thou hast been a...
Therefore shall the strong people glorify Thee, men of various nations being brought to the knowledge of Jehovah, THE CITY OF THE TERRIBLE NATIONS, despots and tyrants, SHALL FEAR THEE, Gentiles every...
THANKSGIVING FOR GOD'S BENEFITS...
1-5 However this might show the deliverance of the Jews out of captivity, it looked further, to the praises that should be offered up to God for Christ's victories over our spiritual enemies, and the...
Thy stoutest enemies observing thy wonderful works, in saving thy people, and in destroying others of thine and their adversaries, shall be either converted, or at least convinced, and forced to ackno...
Isaiah 25:3 strong H5794 people H5971 glorify H3513 (H8762) city H7151 terrible H6184 nations H1471 fear H3372 ...
YAHWEH WILL BRING DOWN ‘THE CITY' WITH ALL ITS ANTI-GOD SIGNIFICANCE AND WILL UPHOLD HIS PEOPLE AND DEFEAT DEATH SO THAT THEY RISE AGAIN (ISAIAH 25:1). Analysis. a O Yahweh, you are my God, I will ex...
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 25:1 Human domination is overthrown by God. ⇐ ⇔...
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...
Ezekiel 38:23; Ezekiel 39:21; Ezekiel 39:22; Isaiah 49:23;...