Isaiah 25:3
What does Isaiah 25:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 25:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Therefore shall a strong people glorify thee; a city of terrible nations shall fear thee.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Therefore shall a strong people glorify thee; a city of terrible nations shall fear thee.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For this cause will the strong people give glory to you, the town of the cruel ones will be in fear of you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Therefore honour Thee do a strong people, A city of the terrible nations feareth Thee.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Therefore shall a strong people praise thee, the city of mighty nations shall fear thee.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Therefore shall the mighty people glorify thee, the city of terrible nations shall fear thee.
Context
v.2For thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
v.3This passage
v.4For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 60:10
And foreigners shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee.
- Isaiah 49:23
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.
- Revelation 11:15
And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is becomethe kingdomof our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever.
- Psalms 66:3
Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
- Revelation 11:13
And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell; and there were killed in the earthquake seven thousand persons: and the rest were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
- Psalms 72:8
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth.
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