Isaiah 25:3

The strong people. The Hebrew has no article here before either “people” or “city,” and the application is therefore general rather than particular. When the Lord destroyed Babylon (see on v. 2), other nations would learn to recognize His might and power. Compare Rev. 11:8, 13, where the judgment that fell upon the wicked “city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt,” resulted in the rest being “affrighted” and giving “glory to the God of heaven”; and Ps. 76:9, 10, where the Lord’s arising in judgment “to save all the meek of the earth” will result in man’s wrath bringing praise to God.