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Isaiah 25:1-5

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

1. 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. 2. 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. 3. Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. 4. For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones [is] as a storm [against] the wall. 5. 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.

Isaiah 25:1-5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 25:1

Theological / Devotional

I will praise. This chapter, particularly vs. 1-5 is a song of praise. The prophet raises his voice in thanks to the Lord for bringing the reign of sin to an end and establishing His glorious kingdom, as announced in ch. 24:23. Thy counsels of old. The plan for man’s salvation was not an afterthought. Long before the creation of this world God took counsel with Christ concerning the plan to be followed in case of the emergency of sin. Christ then offered Himself, and became “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” (Rev. 13:8). Then began the “counsel of peace” (Zech. 6:13; see PP 63) between Christ and the Father on behalf of lost mankind. It was the eternal purpose of God that man should enjoy life, and to the carrying out of that purpose all the resources of heaven were devoted (see Isa. 46:10).

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