Isaiah 42:25

So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The prophet addresses the house of Jacob and Israel, explaining that their current devastation results from their refusal to walk in God’s ways and obey His law.

The words — חֵמָה (che.Mah) = rage and מִלְחָמָה (mil.cha.Mah) = battle, paired with וַ/יִּשְׁפֹּ֤ךְ (va/i.yish.Pokh) = and he poured out, describe the active delivery of divine discipline.

The thread — This pattern of unheeded judgment appears in Isaiah 57:11, Hosea 7:9, and Ezekiel 7:8, where the people’s failure to remember God, dread Him, or notice consequences parallels their spiritual insensitivity to divine action.

Why it lands — The text demands that readers recognize judgment as a direct response to disobedience and require them to take it to heart rather than remain spiritually numb to its purpose.

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The Hebrew words

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ךְva/i.yish.Pokhand/ he poured out עָלָיו֙'a.La/von/ it חֵמָ֣הche.Mahrage אַפּ֔וֹ'a.P/oanger/ his וֶעֱז֖וּזve./'e.Zuzand/ [the] fierceness of מִלְחָמָ֑הmil.cha.Mahbattle וַתְּלַהֲטֵ֤הוּva./te.la.ha.Te./huand/ it set ablaze/ it מִסָּבִיב֙mi./sa.Vivfrom/ round about וְלֹ֣אve./Lo'and/ not יָדָ֔עya.Da'it knew וַתִּבְעַר־va./tiv.'ar-and/ it burnedבּ֖וֹb/o<in>/ itוְלֹא־ve./lo'-and/ not יָשִׂ֥יםya.Simit put [it]עַל־'al-on לֵֽב׃ פLevheart

King James Version

Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

Cross-references

Isaiah 57:11 Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
Hosea 7:9 Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.
Ezekiel 7:8 Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
Malachi 2:2 If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
Leviticus 26:15 and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,
Deuteronomy 32:22 For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
Psalms 79:5 How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
Isaiah 9:13 But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
Jeremiah 5:3 O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
Ezekiel 20:34 With a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered.