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Isaiah 25

Isa. 25:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For thou hast been a strength
ma`owz (Hebrew #4581)
or mahoz {maw-oze'} (also ma,uz {maw-ooz'}; from 5810; a fortified place; figuratively, a defence
KJV usage: force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), (X most) strong (hold).
Pronounce: maw-oze'
Origin: (also mauwz {maw-ooz'})
to the poor
dal (Hebrew #1800)
properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
KJV usage: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
Pronounce: dal
Origin: from 1809
, a strength
ma`owz (Hebrew #4581)
or mahoz {maw-oze'} (also ma,uz {maw-ooz'}; from 5810; a fortified place; figuratively, a defence
KJV usage: force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), (X most) strong (hold).
Pronounce: maw-oze'
Origin: (also mauwz {maw-ooz'})
to the needy
'ebyown (Hebrew #34)
destitute
KJV usage: beggar, needy, poor (man).
Pronounce: eb-yone'
Origin: from 14, in the sense of want (especially in feeling)
in his distress
tsar (Hebrew #6862)
from 6887; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
KJV usage: adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
Pronounce: tsar
Origin: or tsar {tsawr}
, a refuge
machaceh (Hebrew #4268)
from 2620; a shelter (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.
Pronounce: makh-as-eh'
Origin: or machceh {makh-seh'}
from the storm
zerem (Hebrew #2230)
a gush of water
KJV usage: flood, overflowing, shower, storm, tempest.
Pronounce: zeh'-rem
Origin: from 2229
, a shadow
tsel (Hebrew #6738)
shade, whether literal or figurative
KJV usage: defence, shade(-ow).
Pronounce: tsale
Origin: from 6751
from the heat
choreb (Hebrew #2721)
drought or desolation
KJV usage: desolation, drought, dry, heat, X utterly, waste.
Pronounce: kho'-reb
Origin: a collaterally form of 2719
, when the blast
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
of the terrible ones
`ariyts (Hebrew #6184)
fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical
KJV usage: mighty, oppressor, in great power, strong, terrible, violent.
Pronounce: aw-reets'
Origin: from 6206
is as a storm
zerem (Hebrew #2230)
a gush of water
KJV usage: flood, overflowing, shower, storm, tempest.
Pronounce: zeh'-rem
Origin: from 2229
against the wall
qiyr (Hebrew #7023)
or (feminine) qiyrah {kee-raw'}; from 6979; a wall (as built in a trench)
KJV usage: + mason, side, town, X very, wall.
Pronounce: keer
Origin: or qir (Isa. 22:5) {keer}
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thou hast.
Isa. 11:4• 4but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. (Isa. 11:4)
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Isa. 14:32• 32And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and the afflicted of his people find refuge in it. (Isa. 14:32)
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Isa. 29:19• 19and the meek shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the needy among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 29:19)
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Isa. 33:2• 2Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be their arm every morning, yea, our salvation in the time of trouble. (Isa. 33:2)
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Isa. 66:2• 2Even all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith Jehovah. But to this man will I look: to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and who trembleth at my word. (Isa. 66:2)
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Job 5:15‑16• 15And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
 16So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth. (Job 5:15‑16)
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Psa. 12:5• 5Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety, at whom they puff. (Psa. 12:5)
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Psa. 35:10• 10All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the afflicted from one stronger than he, yea, the afflicted and the needy from him that spoileth him! (Psa. 35:10)
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Psa. 72:4,13• 4He will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.
 13He will have compassion on the poor and needy, and will save the souls of the needy: (Psa. 72:4,13)
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Psa. 107:41• 41But he secureth the needy one on high from affliction, and maketh him families like flocks. (Psa. 107:41)
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Psa. 119:31• 31I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed. (Psa. 119:31)
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Zeph. 3:12• 12And I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of Jehovah. (Zeph. 3:12)
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James 2:5• 5Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him? (James 2:5)
a refuge.
Isa. 4:5‑6• 5And Jehovah will create over every dwelling-place of mount Zion, and over its convocations, a cloud by day and a smoke, and the brightness of a flame of fire by night: for over all the glory shall be a covering.
 6And there shall be a tabernacle for shade by day from the heat, and for a shelter and for a covert from storm and from rain. (Isa. 4:5‑6)
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Isa. 32:2• 2And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the storm; as brooks of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. (Isa. 32:2)
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Isa. 32:18‑19• 18And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
 19And it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. (Isa. 32:18‑19)
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Isa. 37:3‑4,36• 3And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of reviling; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
 4It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left.
 36And an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies. (Isa. 37:3‑4,36)
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Ezek. 13:11‑13• 11say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing rain, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall, and a stormy wind shall burst forth.
 12And lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing with which ye have daubed it?
 13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will cause to burst forth a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing rain in mine anger, and hail-stones in fury for utter destruction. (Ezek. 13:11‑13)
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Matt. 7:25‑27• 25and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.
 26And every one who hears these my words and does not do them, he shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;
 27and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell, and its fall was great. (Matt. 7:25‑27)
• It will also mean the shelter and uplifting of the godly remnant, as indicated in verse 4. Jehovah will prove Himself to be for them “a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat.” We turn to chapter 32:2 and we find that the same two things are to be found in a Man: truly an extraordinary statement, for an ordinary man in a tornado is but the sport of the elements and no refuge at all. (“Isaiah 25” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For thou hast been a fortress to the poor, a fortress for the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat: for the blast of the terrible ones has been as the storm against a wall.