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Isaiah 25:2

1 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.

For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.

4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
KJV
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
WEB
For you have made a city into a heap, a fortified city into a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city. It will never be built.
ASV
For 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.
DARBY
For thou hast made of the city a heap, of the fortified town a ruin, the palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built up.
BLB
For You have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin, a fortress of strangers from a city—forever it will never be rebuilt!
ÅB
For du har gjort en by til en stenhaug, en fast by til en grusdynge, du har ødelagt de fremmedes palasser, så det ikke mere er noen by; de skal aldri mere bygges opp igjen.
OTB
Du har gjort byen til en ruinhaug, den befestede byen til en ruin; fremmedes palass er ikke lenger en by, den vil aldri bli gjenoppbygd.
B1930
For du har gjort en by til en stenhaug, en fast by til en grusdynge, du har ødelagt de fremmedes palasser, så det ikke mere er nogen by; de skal aldri mere bygges op igjen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 17:1

    The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

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  • Isaiah 13:22

    And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

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  • Isaiah 25:12

    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.

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  • Isaiah 21:9

    And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

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  • Deuteronomy 13:16

    And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

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  • Isaiah 23:13

    Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.

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  • Jeremiah 51:26

    And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.

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  • Isaiah 14:23

    I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.

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