The Meaning of Isaiah 25:2 Explained

Isaiah 25:2

KJV: 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.

YLT: For Thou didst make of a city a heap, Of a fenced city a ruin, A high place of strangers from being a city, To the age it is not built.

Darby: For thou hast made of the city a heap, of the fortified town a ruin, the palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built up.

ASV: For thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

Discover Isaiah 25:2

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 25:2?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 25:2 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 25:2 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 25:2?

What is the context of Isaiah 25:2?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does Isaiah 25:2 Mean?

Verse Meaning

What did God do? He destroyed the city of Prayer of Manasseh , the world of city-state culture (cf. Isaiah 24:10), as He said He would. The city, since the time of Babel ( Genesis 11:1-9), was a biblical figure of self-salvation. In the Tribulation, God will humble the pride of man who seeks to save himself.

Context Summary

Isaiah 25:1-12 - Sorrow Turned To Gladness

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 she had exerted her tyranny gratefully recognized the goodness and righteousness of Jehovah. We may anticipate, as we read these glowing words, what that song will be when the spirited Babylon is overthrown, Revelation 19:1-7.

Notice how God suits Himself to our need, whether for strength, or refuge, or shadow. Take from Him what you are needing most. As the cloud draws its veil over the burning sunshine to mitigate its heat, so does God interpose to reduce the sufferings of His own. The branch, that is, the exulting song of the terrible ones, their song of triumph, shall be hushed. From Isaiah 25:6 we learn that the hunger of man for God can only be satisfied in Jesus; and from Isaiah 25:7, that the dread of death and the hereafter, which has lain heavily on humanity as a pall shall be forever ended, when Jesus comes the second time unto salvation. Compare 1 Corinthians 15:54. God will not only wipe tears from our eyes but the fountains of tears shall be dried up, Revelation 21:4. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 25

¹ Song of Praise for God's Favor

What do the individual words in Isaiah 25:2 mean?

For You have made a city a ruin a city fortified a ruin a palace of foreigners to be a city no more it shall never never it will be rebuilt

כִּ֣י שַׂ֤מְתָּ מֵעִיר֙ לַגָּ֔ל קִרְיָ֥ה בְצוּרָ֖ה לְמַפֵּלָ֑ה אַרְמ֤וֹן זָרִים֙ מֵעִ֔יר לְעוֹלָ֖ם לֹ֥א יִבָּנֶֽה

שַׂ֤מְתָּ	You have made
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular Root: שׂוּמָה Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
מֵעִיר֙	a city
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular Root: עִיר Sense: excitement, anguish.
לַגָּ֔ל	a ruin
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: גַּל Sense: heap, spring, wave, billow.
קִרְיָ֥ה	a city
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: קִרְיָה Sense: city, town.
בְצוּרָ֖ה	fortified
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular Root: בָּצַר Sense: to gather, restrain, fence, fortify, make inaccessible, enclose.
לְמַפֵּלָ֑ה	a ruin
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular Root: מַפָּלָה Sense: a ruin.
אַרְמ֤וֹן	a palace
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: אַרְמֹון Sense: citadel, palace, fortress.
זָרִים֙	of foreigners
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural Root: זוּר Sense: to be strange, be a stranger.
מֵעִ֔יר	to be a city no more
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular Root: עִיר Sense: excitement, anguish.
לְעוֹלָ֖ם	it shall never
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular Root: עֹולָם Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.
לֹ֥א	never
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
יִבָּנֶֽה	it will be rebuilt
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: בָּנָה Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.

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