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Isaiah 25:10
For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet speaks for the LORD in "that day," following the declaration of salvation and preceding the description of judgment on Moab. The address targets the nations, specifically contrasting divine action on Zion with the fate of Moab.
The words — The text highlights תָנ֥וּחַ (ta.Nu.ach), meaning "it will rest," and נָדוֹשׁ (na.do.osh), meaning "it will be trampled down." These verbs frame the dual action of divine presence and judgment.
The thread — The motif of divine quiet observation appears in Isaiah 18:4, while the designation "this mountain" for divine feasting recurs in Isaiah 25:6. The image of feet trampling down a target aligns with the description in Isaiah 26:6.
Why it lands — The text states the LORD's hand will rest on the mountain while Moab is crushed like straw, leaving no room for defense. It demands recognition that divine presence brings salvation to the faithful and inescapable judgment to the proud.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 18:4 For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
- Isaiah 25:6 On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
- Isaiah 26:6 Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.
- Jeremiah 48:2 There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
- Amos 2:1 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.
- Zephaniah 2:9 Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
- Zephaniah 3:15 The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.
- Numbers 24:17 I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
- Psalms 83:10 who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
- Psalms 132:13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home: