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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 will he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he will smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips will he slay the wicked [one]. (Isa. 11:4)
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Isa. 14:32• 32And what shall [one] answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and in it the afflicted of his people find refuge. (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, our salvation also in the time of trouble. (Isa. 33:2)
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Isa. 66:2• 2Even all those [things] hath my hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith Jehovah. But to this [man] will I look, to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and trembling at my word. (Isa. 66:2)
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Job 5:15‑16• 15And he saveth the poor from the sword out of their mouth,{HR}And from the hand of the strong;
 16So there is hope to the poor,{HR}And iniquity shutteth her mouth. (Job 5:15‑16)
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Psa. 12:5• 5Because of the oppression of the afflicted,{HR}Because of the groaning of the needy,{HR}Now will I arise, saith Jehovah;{HR}I will place in safety [from] him that puffeth at him. (Psa. 12:5)
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Psa. 35:10• 10All my bones shall say, O Jehovah, who is like unto thee?{HR}Delivering the poor from him that is stronger than he,{HR}And the poor and needy from him that spoileth him. (Psa. 35:10)
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Psa. 72:4,13• 4He will judge the afflicted of the people,{HR}He will save the sons of the needy,{HR}And will crush the oppressor.
 13He will have pity on a poor and needy one,{HR}And the souls of the needy will he save. (Psa. 72:4,13)
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Psa. 107:41• 41And he set high the needy one from affliction{HR}And made families like the sheep. (Psa. 107:41)
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Psa. 119:31• 31I have cleaved unto thy testimonies:{HR}Jehovah, put me not to shame. (Psa. 119:31)
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Zeph. 3:12• 12I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, {i}and they{/i} shall trust in the name of Jehovah. (Zeph. 3:12)
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James 2:5• 5Hear, my beloved brethren; did not God choose the poor as to the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those 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 her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flame of fire by night; for over all the glory [shall be] a canopy.
 6And there shall be a booth for a shadow in the day-time from the heat, and for a refuge 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 tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary 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 saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely: 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 hath sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard. Therefore lift up [thy] prayer for the remnant that is left.
 36And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses. (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 shower: and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
 12Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
 13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. (Ezek. 13:11‑13)
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Matt. 7:25‑27• 25and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it fell not; for it had been founded upon the rock.
 26And every one that heareth these my words, and doeth them not, shall be likened to a foolish man which built his house upon the sand;
 27and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and fell 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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