George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 25:2
City; Jerusalem, or rather Babylon, (chap. xxi.; Calmet) or every city (Haydock) in the world. (Menochius) --- Strangers: the temples of idols.
City; Jerusalem, or rather Babylon, (chap. xxi.; Calmet) or every city (Haydock) in the world. (Menochius) --- Strangers: the temples of idols.
Verse Isaiah 25:2. _A CITY_ - "The city"] Nineveh, Babylon, Ar, Moab, or any other strong fortress possessed by the enemies of the people of God. For the first מעיר _meir, of a city_, the _Syriac_ a...
FOR THOU HAST MADE - This is supposed to be uttered by the Jews who should return from Babylon, and therefore refers to what would have been seen by them. In their time it would have occurred that God...
CHAPTER 25 Israel's Praise and the Blessings of the Kingdom 1. _The praise of the delivered nation (Isaiah 25:1)_ 2. _The blessing for all nations during the Kingdom (Isaiah 25:6)_ 3. Israel rejoicin...
A SONG OF PRAISE FOR YAHWEH'S GREAT DELIVERANCE. The deliverance still lies in the future; the song is written from the standpoint of the redeemed community, and expresses its exultation over its salv...
STRANGERS. foreigners. See note on Isaiah 5:17....
The writer of the psalm, speaking in the name of the believing community, praises God for His wonderful providence (Isaiah 25:1) manifested in the overthrow of Israel's enemies (2, 3) and in the mercy...
The fall of a hostile city. The word "city" can hardly in this case be understood collectively, although the terms of the description are too vague to shew what historic city is intended. All that app...
FOR THOU HAST MADE OF A CITY, AN HEAP— The prophet here plainly speaks of the destruction of a city; but respecting what city is meant interpreters greatly vary. Vitringa seems to have proved clearly...
B. JUBILEE BY JUDAH, CHAPTER 25 1. JUBILATION FOR JEHOVAH'S POWER TEXT: Isaiah 25:1-5 1 O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, e...
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. THOU HAST MADE OF A CITY AN HEAP - Babylon, "the city of confusion" (;...
1. THY COUNSELS, etc.] RV 'even counsels of old' (i.e. formed of old) 'in faithfulness and truth.'...
A CITY] viz. the one that oppressed God's people (Isaiah 24:10). STRANGERS] aliens from God's covenant people (Isaiah 1:7)....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 25 A SONG TO PRAISE GOD V1 *Lord, you are my God. I will always give you great honou...
THOU HAST MADE OF A CITY AN HEAP. — The city spoken of as “the palace of strangers” was, probably in the prophet’s thought, that which he identified with the oppressors and destroyers of his people —...
כִּ֣י שַׂ֤מְתָּ מֵ עִיר֙ לַ † גָּ֔ל...
BOOK 5 PROPHECIES NOT RELATING TO ISAIAH'S TIME In the first thirty-nine Chapter s of the Book of Isaiah-the half which refers to the prophet's own career and the politics contemporary with that - we...
SORROW TURNED TO GLADNESS Isaiah 25:1-12 Here is a song of thanksgiving at the fall of Babylon. When she fell, a sigh of relief passed over the whole world, and strong, terrible nations over which sh...
Immediately following this terrible description is a prophecy which, in the form of praise, declares the activity of Jehovah. The song first offers praise for judgment both in its procedure, as it des...
For thou hast made of a (b) city an heap; [of] a fortified city a ruin: a palace (c) of foreigners to be no city; it shall never be built. (b) Not only of Jerusalem, but also of these other cities wh...
The Prophet, in the name of the Church, begins the song of praise. And without all doubt, it is a gospel song, in which redemption is celebrated. Probably with reference to the ruin of Babylon, which,...
2._For thou hast made of a city a heap. _Some refer this to Jerusalem; but I think that there is a change of the number, as is very customary with the prophets; for the Prophet does not speak merely o...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 25 AND 26. Chapter s 25 and 26 take the form of a song, in which the effect of God's intervention is celebrated. Let us observe its principal subjects. God is...
FOR THOU HAST MADE OF A CITY AN HEAP,.... Which is to be understood, not of Samaria, nor of Jerusalem; rather of Babylon; though it is best to interpret it of the city of Rome, as Jerom says the Jews...
For thou hast made of a city an heap; [of] a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. Ver. 2. _For thou hast made of a city an heap._] _Babylonem intelligit...
_Thou hast made of a city a heap_ Nineveh, Babylon, Ar of Moab, or any other strong city, or fortress, possessed by the enemies of the people of God. Vitringa has made it appear probable that Babylon...
THANKSGIVING FOR GOD'S BENEFITS...
For Thou hast made of a city an heap, laid the wicked world city in ruins, OF A DEFENSED CITY A RUIN, as described in the preceding chapter. A PALACE OF STRANGERS TO BE NO CITY, the fortifications, th...
1-5 However this might show the deliverance of the Jews out of captivity, it looked further, to the praises that should be offered up to God for Christ's victories over our spiritual enemies, and the...
A CITY; which is put collectively for cities. He speaks of the cities of STRANGERS, as the following clause explains it, or of enemies of God, and of his people. And under the name cities he comprehen...
Isaiah 25:2 made H7760 (H8804) city H5892 ruin H1530 fortified H1219 (H8803) city H7151 ruin H4654 palace...
YAHWEH WILL BRING DOWN ‘THE CITY' WITH ALL ITS ANTI-GOD SIGNIFICANCE AND WILL UPHOLD HIS PEOPLE AND DEFEAT DEATH SO THAT THEY RISE AGAIN (ISAIAH 25:1). Analysis. a O Yahweh, you are my God, I will ex...
CONTENTS: Triumphs of the coming Kingdom age. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: God should be exalted by His people for the wonderful things He has done, and is to do, according to His promises,...
Isaiah 25:2. _A defenced city a ruin._ This city, in the next words, is called _a palace of strangers;_ therefore it was a great city. In the critics we find nothing but conjectures, as Samaria Ar of...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 25:1 Human domination is overthrown by God. ⇐ ⇔...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 25:2 THE CITY. See note on 24:10. ⇐...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 25:1 ISAIAH'S SONG OF PRAISE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GOD'S KINGDOM. AS in Isai
But O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth (Isaiah 25:1). In other words, "God, I'm goi...
Deuteronomy 13:16; Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 14:23; Isaiah 17:1; Isaiah 2
A city — Which is put for cities: or of enemies of God and his people. And under the name cities he comprehends their countries and kingdoms. Strangers — The royal cities, in which were the palaces of...