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Isaiah 25:5
like heat in a dry land. You subdue the uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, so the song of the ruthless is silenced.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Isaiah speaks for the LORD to Israel, marking a transition from God’s past protection of the poor to His future judgment of hostile nations.
The words — The Hebrew חֹרֶב (cho.rev) denotes literal heat, while שְׁאֹן (she'on) means uproar or tumult, grounding the metaphor in physical oppression.
The thread — This motif of divine protection against assault appears in Isaiah 54:15, where enemy attacks are declared unauthorized by God, and echoes the sanctuary's ruin in Psalms 74:3 and the plant imagery of Job 8:16.
Why it lands — The text states that God actively cools oppressive heat and silences the boastful enemy, just as a cloud's shade cools a dry land. It demands the reader acknowledge God's sovereign control over hostile powers and align trust with His protective action rather than human strength.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 54:15 If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
- Job 8:16 He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
- Psalms 74:3 Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
- Psalms 79:10 Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
- Psalms 105:39 He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
- Isaiah 10:8 “Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
- Isaiah 10:32 Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 13:11 I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
- Isaiah 14:10 They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”
- Isaiah 14:19 But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.