Bible Strands
Isaiah 25:11
He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord declares judgment against Moab and fortified cities during a prophetic vision of divine intervention.
The words — פֵרַשׂ (pe.Ras) means it will spread out, and הִשְׁפִּיל (hish.Pil) means he will bring low.
The thread — Isaiah 2:11 describes the proud look of man being humbled, Isaiah 5:25 describes the Lord's hand being raised to strike, and Isaiah 14:26 describes the Lord's hand being stretched out over all nations.
Why it lands — It demands recognition that human strength and skill cannot withstand divine action, which reduces all self-reliance to dust.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 2:11 The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 5:25 Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- Isaiah 14:26 This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
- Isaiah 16:6 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
- Isaiah 16:14 And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
- Isaiah 65:2 All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,
- Jeremiah 48:42 Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.
- Jeremiah 50:31 “Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
- Jeremiah 51:44 I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.
- Daniel 4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.