Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Like heat in drought, You subdue the uproar of aliens; Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is silenced. King James Bible Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. Darby Bible Translation Thou hast subdued the tumult of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; as the heat, by the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the terrible ones is brought low. World English Bible As the heat in a dry place will you bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the dreaded ones will be brought low. Young's Literal Translation As heat in a dry place, The noise of strangers Thou humblest, Heat with the shadow of a thick cloud, The singing of the terrible is humbled. Isaiah 25:5 Parallel Commentary Barnes' Notes on the BibleThou shalt bring down the noise - The tumult; the sound which they make in entering into battle; or the note of triumph, and the sound of revelry. The phrase may refer either to their shout of exultation over their vanquished foes; or to the usual sound of revelry; or to the hum of business in a vast city. Of strangers - Of foreigners (see the note at Isaiah 25:2). As the heat in a dry place - The parallelism here requires that we should suppose the phrase 'with the shadow of a cloud' to be supplied in this hemistich, as it is obscurely expressed in our translation by the word 'even,' and it would then read thus: As the beat in a dry place (by the shadow of a cloud), The noise of the strangers shalt thou humble; As the heat by the shadow of a cloud, The exultation of the formidable ones shalt thou bring low. The idea thus is plain. Heat pours down intensely on the earth, and if unabated would wither up every green thing, and dry up every stream and fountain. But a cloud intervenes, and checks the burning rays of the sun. So the wrath of the 'terrible ones,' the anger of the Babylonians, raged against the Jews. But the mercy of God interposed. It was like the intervening of a cloud to shut out the burning rays of the sun. It stayed the fury of their wrath, "and rendered them impotent to do injury, just as the intense burning rays of the sun are completely checked by an interposing cloud. The branch of the terrible ones - This is a very unhappy translation. The word זמיר zâmiyr is indeed used to denote a branch, or bough, as derived from זמר zâmar, "to prune a vine;" but it also has the I sense of "a song;" a song of praise, or a song of exultation, from a second signification of זמר zâmar, "to sing; perhaps" from the song with which the work of the vineyard was usually accompanied. See the verb used in this sense in Judges 5:3; Psalm 9:12; Psalm 30:5; Psalm 47:7; and the word which occurs here (zamir) used in the sense of a song in Psalm 119:54; 2 Samuel 23:1; Job 35:10. Here it is undoubtedly used in the sense of a song, meaning either a shout of victory or of revelry; and the idea of the prophet is, that this would be brought low by the destruction of Babylon, and by the return of the captive Jews to their own land. Isaiah 25:5 Parallel Commentaries Library 'In this Mountain''In this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. 7. And He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations. 8. He will swallow up death in victory.'--ISAIAH xxv. 6-8. A poet's imagination and a prophet's clear vision of the goal to which God will lead humanity are both at their highest in this … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Of Meditating on the Future Life. Seven Sanctified Thoughts and Mournful Sighs of a Sick Man Ready to Die. Hope for the Heathen Cross References Jeremiah 51:54 The sound of an outcry from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans! Isaiah 25:6 The LORD of hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all peoples on this mountain; A banquet of aged wine, choice pieces with marrow, And refined, aged wine. Jump to Previous Aliens Branch Cloud Cruel Desert Dreaded Drought Dry Foreigners Heat Humbled Humblest Low Noise Ones Pride Quiet Ruthless Shade Shadow Silence Singing Song Stilled Stopped Strangers Subdue Subdued Terrible Thick Tumult Uproar WiltJump to Next Aliens Branch Cloud Cruel Desert Dreaded Drought Dry Foreigners Heat Humbled Humblest Low Noise Ones Pride Quiet Ruthless Shade Shadow Silence Singing Song Stilled Stopped Strangers Subdue Subdued Terrible Thick Tumult Uproar WiltLinks Isaiah 25:5 NIVIsaiah 25:5 NLT Isaiah 25:5 ESV Isaiah 25:5 NASB Isaiah 25:5 KJV Isaiah 25:5 Bible Apps Isaiah 25:5 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 25:5 Chinese Bible Isaiah 25:5 French Bible Isaiah 25:5 German Bible Isaiah 25:5 Commentaries Bible Hub |