Isaiah 65:25

The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The LORD addresses the remnant of Israel immediately following His promise to answer them before they speak. He declares the establishment of unbroken peace on His holy mountain.

The words — The Hebrew יִרְעוּ (yir.'u) translates literally to "they will graze," describing the shared pasture of the wolf and lamb. The term תֶּבֶן (te.ven) means "straw," specifying the lion's altered, non-predatory diet.

The thread — This predator-prey reversal appears in Isaiah 11:6 and aligns with the peace mandate in Micah 4:3. The motif of restored creation order surfaces in prophetic literature as a marker of divine intervention.

Why it lands — The text requires acknowledgment that God alone reverses natural enmity and guarantees absolute safety on His mountain. Readers must accept that this restored order depends entirely on divine authority, not human effort.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

Cross-references

Isaiah 11:6 The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
Micah 4:3 Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.
Acts 9:19 and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.
Isaiah 35:9 No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
Isaiah 65:11 But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
Ezekiel 43:11 and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.
Micah 7:17 They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.
Zechariah 8:3 This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
Zechariah 14:20 On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.
Acts 9:1 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest