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Isaiah 25:1

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Cross References:​

Ex 15:2 | Yah is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him—the God of my father—and I will exalt him.
Nu 23:19 | God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of humankind, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? And has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
Ps 98:1 | Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done wonders. His right hand and his holy arm have secured his victory.
Is 7:13 | Then he said, “Hear, house of David! Is it too little for you to make men weary, that you should also make my God weary?
Ps 40:5 | Many things, O Yahweh my God, you have done— your wonderful deeds and your thoughts toward us. There is none to compare with you. If I tried to proclaim and tell of them, they would be too numerous to count.
Ex 15:2; Nu 23:19; Jdg 13:18; 2 Ki 19:25; Ps 33:10–11; 40:5; 72:18; 98:1; 107:32; 118:28; 145:2; Is 7:13; 9:6; 11:5; 12:1, 4; 14:24; 22:11; 28:29; 37:26; 44:17; 46:11; 49:4–5; 61:10; Joe 2:21, 26; Eph 1:11

 

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Commentaries:​

25:1–12 A hymn of praise to Yahweh, presumably placed as a response to the apocalyptic judgment of ch. 24. The poem seems to be a reaction to the reign of Yahweh foretold in 24:23.

John D. Barry et al., Faithlife Study Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012, 2016), Is 25:1–12.

Notes for 25:1

1 sn The prophet speaks here as one who has observed the coming judgment of the proud.
2 tn Heb “name.” See the note at 24:15.
3 tn Heb “plans from long ago [in] faithfulness, trustworthiness.” The feminine noun אֱמוּנָה (’emunah, “faithfulness”) and masculine noun אֹמֶן (’omen, “trustworthiness”), both of which are derived from the root אָמַן (’aman), are juxtaposed to emphasize the basic idea conveyed by the synonyms. Here they describe the absolute reliability of the divine plans.


Biblical Studies Press, The NET Bible First Edition Notes (Biblical Studies Press, 2006), Is 25:1.

25:1 The prophet Isaiah is the first-person speaker (I) who praises God for his plan that includes judgment. His judgment is an example of perfect faithfulness because his covenant promised that punishment would follow rebellion.

Tremper Longman III, “Isaiah,” in CSB Study Bible: Notes, ed. Edwin A. Blum and Trevin Wax (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2017), 1075.

1. wonderful—(Is 9:6).

counsels of old—(Is 42:9; 46:10). Purposes planned long ago; here, as to the deliverance of His people.

truth—Hebrew, Amen; covenant-keeping, faithful to promises; the peculiar characteristic of Jesus (Rev 3:14).


Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, and David Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, vol. 1 (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1997), 457–458.

25:1–5. Speaking in the first person Isaiah described the situation which will exist when the kingdom is established on the earth. The prophet ascribed praise to the Lord’s name (His revealed character) for His marvelous acts of judgment (vv. 2–3) and deliverance vv. 4–5). God’s judgment on the city, representative of the world (cf. 24:12–13), will cause peoples from ruthless nations to honor and revere God.

This will fulfill the promise given Abraham that all the world’s nations will be blessed through Israel (Gen. 12:3). The theme of Gentiles knowing and worshiping God in the kingdom is common in the prophets (see, e.g., Isa. 2:3; 11:9; 49:7; 56:6; 66:20–21; Zech. 14:16–19; Mal. 1:11).

When the Lord will establish His kingdom on the earth, a reversal of fortunes will occur (Isa. 25:4–5). The poor (dal, “feeble, weak, helpless”) and the needy (’eḇyôn, “oppressed”) will be rescued and the ruthless will be stilled. God’s care for the poor and the needy is mentioned many times in the Old and New Testaments. The reversal of fortunes, in which those who depend on God are helped and those who depend on themselves are judged, is a major theme of Scripture (e.g., 1 Sam. 2:1–10; Jas 5:1–6). The ruthless in their harsh treatment of others are like a storm and the oppressive desert heat. But God’s judgment on them will be like a cloud that suddenly covers the sun, thus limiting its heat.

(2) Effects of the coming kingdom (25:6–12). The deliverance that the Lord will bring will include the wiping away of death (vv. 6–8), the rejoicing of His people (v. 9), and judgment on His enemies (vv. 10–12).


John A. Martin, “Isaiah,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 1 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 1073.

25:1 אלהי, “my God.” The singer confesses to being a committed devotee of YHWH.
עשׂית פלא, “you have done a wonder.” פלא, “wonder,” is the word used in Exod 15:11; Pss 77:15 (14); 78:12 (11) for the exodus. Ps 88:11 (10) speaks of “wonders” God does for his worshipers in judgment and redemption.
עצוֹת מרחוק, “things planned long ago.” The phrase picks up the note of 23:9, accepting in faith that all of this is an act of God’s faithfulness to his covenants, to his people, and most of all to himself and his strategy.


John D. W. Watts, Isaiah 1–33, Revised Edition., vol. 24, Word Biblical Commentary (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc, 2005), 389.

Verse 1. Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.] That is, All thy past declarations by the prophets shall be fulfilled in their proper time.

Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible with a Commentary and Critical Notes, New Edition., vol. 4 (Bellingham, WA: Faithlife Corporation, 2014), 116.

25:1 אלהי, “my God.” The singer confesses to being a committed devotee of YHWH.
עשׂית פלא, “you have done a wonder.” פלא, “wonder,” is the word used in Exod 15:11; Pss 77:15 (14); 78:12 (11) for the exodus. Ps 88:11 (10) speaks of “wonders” God does for his worshipers in judgment and redemption.
עצוֹת מרחוק, “things planned long ago.” The phrase picks up the note of 23:9, accepting in faith that all of this is an act of God’s faithfulness to his covenants, to his people, and most of all to himself and his strategy.


John D. W. Watts, Isaiah 1–33, Revised Edition., vol. 24, Word Biblical Commentary (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc, 2005), 389.

1. My God, I: cf. 8:9ff. The believing remnant possesses a personal knowledge of God. Praise, (√yādâ): ‘to give thanks’, a meaning essential here in a passage which dwells on benefits conferred. Perfect faithfulness is expressed in the Hebrew by two related nouns (’ĕmûnâ and ’ōmen) both from √’āmēn, ‘to be reliable’. The idiom of the two nouns together means ‘every imaginable faithfulness, perfect, quintessential faithfulness’. This matches the backward look of you have been (4). All through the years of alien domination the Lord’s downtrodden ones experienced an impeccably faithful God. Marvellous (pele’): things that bear the mark of the supernatural, beyond human doing, finding their origin in another realm (cf. 9:6). Planned is a noun (‘ēṣôt, ‘plans’), related to Counsellor (9:6). It is all part of the royal messianic vision, the gathering of the world remnant round the Davidic king (cf. also 11:10).

J. Alec Motyer, Isaiah: An Introduction and Commentary, vol. 20, Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999), 191.