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Isaiah 30:25
And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet addresses Judah during a period of political alliance with Egypt, contrasting their current reliance on human strength with God's future intervention (Isaiah 30:24-26).
The words — The Hebrew uses עַל־ (‘al-, “on”) and וְ/עַל֙ (ve./‘Al, “and on”) alongside הַ֣ר (har, “mountain”), גָּבֹ֗הַּ (gāḇōah, “high”), and גִּבְעָ֣ה (giv‘ah, “hill”) to specify that water will flow over every elevated terrain.
The thread — This imagery of water on high places connects to God’s judgment on proud heights in Isaiah 2:14, the wilderness waters in Isaiah 35:6, and the new way in the wilderness promised in Isaiah 43:19.
Why it lands — The text declares that streams will flow across conquered high places during a day of great slaughter and falling towers, requiring the reader to recognize God’s sovereign reversal of human military confidence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 2:14 against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,
- Isaiah 35:6 Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
- Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
- Isaiah 32:14 For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
- Isaiah 34:2 The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.
- Isaiah 37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
- Isaiah 41:18 I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
- Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
- Isaiah 63:1 Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
- Ezekiel 17:22 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.