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Cities with strong walls are turned to rubble. Beautiful palaces in distant lands disappear and will never be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin; the foreigners’ palace is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For thou hast made of a city an heap; <i>of</i> a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For You have made a city a ruin, A fortified city a ruin, A palace of foreigners to be a city no more; It will never be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For You have turned a city into a heap, A fortified city into a ruin; A palace of strangers is no longer a city, It will never be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For You have made a city into a heap, A fortified city into a ruin; A palace of strangers is a city no more, It will never be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For Thou hast made a city into a heap, A fortified city into a ruin; A palace of strangers is a city no more, It will never be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For You have made a city into a heap, A fortified town into a ruin; A palace of strangers is a city no more, It will never be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For You have made a city into a heap [of trash], A fortified city into a ruin; A palace of foreigners is no longer a city, It will never be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For you have turned the city into a pile of rocks, a fortified city, into ruins; the fortress of barbarians is no longer a city; it will never be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For You have turned the city into a pile of rocks, a fortified city, into ruins; the fortress of barbarians is no longer a city; it will never be rebuilt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You have destroyed the fortress of our enemies, leaving their city in ruins. Nothing in that foreign city will ever be rebuilt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You have turned cities into ruins, fortified cities into piles of rubble, and foreigners' palaces into cities that will never be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You have turned cities into ruins and destroyed their fortifications. The palaces which our enemies built are gone forever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For you have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified city into a ruin; the foreigners' citadel is no longer a city— it will never be rebuilt!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, you have made the city into a heap of rubble, the fortified town into a heap of ruins; the fortress of foreigners is no longer a city, it will never be rebuilt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For you have made a city into a heap, a fortified city into a ruin, a palace of the insolent is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For you have made a city into a heap, a fortified city into a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city. It will never be built. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For You made of a city a heap, "" Of a fortified city a ruin, "" A high place of strangers from [being] a city, "" It is not built for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For thou didst set from a city to a heap, a fortified city to ruins: a palace of strangers from a city; it shall not be built forever.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For thou hast reduced the city to a heap, the strong city to ruin, the house of strangers, to be no city, and to be no more built up for ever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For you have appointed a city as a tomb, a strong city for ruination, a house of foreigners: so that it may not be a city, and so that it may not be rebuilt forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin, The castle of the insolent, a city no more, not ever to be rebuilt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin; the palace of aliens is a city no more, it will never be rebuilt.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For thou hast reduced a city to a heap, the fortified city to a ruin; the palace of the strangers and the city are never to be built again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because you have made the city a heap of stones, and the mighty city into a ruin! A shrine of foreigners from the city shall never be built again!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For Thou hast made of a city a heap, Of a fortified city a ruin; A castle of strangers to be no city, It shall never be built.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For thou hast made cities a heap, <i>even</i> cities <i>made</i> strong that their foundations should not fall: the city of ungodly men shall not be built for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/25-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=5043" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/25.htm">A Song of Praise for God's Favor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders—plans formed long ago—in perfect faithfulness. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Indeed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śam·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">You have made</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: mê·‘îr (Prep-m:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">the city</a> <a href="/hebrew/1530.htm" title="1530: lag·gāl (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- A heap, wave, billow. From galal; something rolled, i.e. A heap of stone or dung, by analogy, a spring of water.">a heap of rubble,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1219.htm" title="1219: ḇə·ṣū·rāh (Adj-fs) -- To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose. A primitive root; to clip off; specifically to gather grapes; also to be isolated.">the fortified</a> <a href="/hebrew/7151.htm" title="7151: qir·yāh (N-fs) -- A town, city. From qarah in the sense of flooring, i.e. Building; a city.">town</a> <a href="/hebrew/4654.htm" title="4654: lə·map·pê·lāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Something fallen, a ruin. Or mappelah; from naphal; something fallen, i.e. A ruin.">a ruin.</a> <a href="/hebrew/759.htm" title="759: ’ar·mō·wn (N-msc) -- A citadel. From an unused root; a citadel.">The fortress</a> <a href="/hebrew/2114.htm" title="2114: zā·rîm (Adj-mp) -- A primitive root; to turn aside; hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically to commit adultery.">of strangers</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: mê·‘îr (Prep-m:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">is a city no more;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: lə·‘ō·w·lām (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">it will never</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: yib·bā·neh (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">be rebuilt.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</a></span><br />And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Jeremiah 51:37</a></span><br />Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/26-19.htm">Ezekiel 26:19-21</a></span><br />For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you, / then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living. / I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-13.htm">Zephaniah 2:13-15</a></span><br />And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert. / Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar. / This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-16.htm">Revelation 17:16</a></span><br />And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. / She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. / But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-13.htm">Jeremiah 50:13</a></span><br />Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/3-7.htm">Nahum 3:7</a></span><br />Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a></span><br />Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-13.htm">Isaiah 34:13-15</a></span><br />Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches. / The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose. / There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Jeremiah 49:17-18</a></span><br />“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds. / As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/27-36.htm">Ezekiel 27:36</a></span><br />Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Revelation 19:2</a></span><br />For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-23.htm">Isaiah 14:23</a></span><br />“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">Jeremiah 25:12</a></span><br />But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For you have made of a city an heap; of a defended city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.</p><p class="hdg">for</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/25-12.htm">Isaiah 25:12</a></b></br> And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, <i>and</i> bring to the ground, <i>even</i> to the dust.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-23.htm">Isaiah 14:23</a></b></br> I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/17-1.htm">Isaiah 17:1</a></b></br> The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from <i>being</i> a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.</p><p class="hdg">palace</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/13-22.htm">Isaiah 13:22</a></b></br> And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in <i>their</i> pleasant palaces: and her time <i>is</i> near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2,3,19</a></b></br> And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-14.htm">Age</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-1.htm">Aliens</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-19.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-11.htm">Built</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-19.htm">Castle</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-12.htm">City</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-20.htm">Defenced</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-11.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-2.htm">Fenced</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-6.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-3.htm">Fortified</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-11.htm">Heap</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-21.htm">High</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Mass</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-8.htm">Palace</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-9.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/job/12-14.htm">Rebuilt</a> <a href="/psalms/79-1.htm">Rubble</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-12.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-1.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-9.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-14.htm">Stronghold</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-3.htm">Tower</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-11.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-16.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/30-8.htm">Age</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-5.htm">Aliens</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-12.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-26.htm">Built</a> <a href="/daniel/8-2.htm">Castle</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-3.htm">City</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-10.htm">Defenced</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-7.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-10.htm">Fenced</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-5.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-12.htm">Fortified</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Heap</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-12.htm">High</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">Mass</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-14.htm">Palace</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-5.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-28.htm">Rebuilt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-4.htm">Rubble</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-14.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-5.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-3.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-4.htm">Stronghold</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-12.htm">Tower</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-12.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-10.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/25-1.htm">Song of Praise for God's Favor</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/isaiah/25.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Indeed, You have made</b><br />This phrase acknowledges the sovereignty and active involvement of God in the affairs of nations. The Hebrew root for "made" is "עָשָׂה" (asah), which means to do, make, or accomplish. It emphasizes God's deliberate action and authority over creation and history. In a conservative Christian perspective, this underscores the belief that God is not a passive observer but an active participant in the unfolding of His divine plan.<p><b>the city a heap of rubble</b><br />The imagery of a city reduced to rubble signifies total destruction and desolation. The Hebrew word for "heap" is "גַּל" (gal), which can mean a pile or mound, often used in the context of ruins. Historically, cities that opposed God's will, such as Babylon or Nineveh, were prophesied to face such fates. This serves as a reminder of the temporal nature of human achievements and the ultimate supremacy of God's kingdom.<p><b>the fortified city a ruin</b><br />Fortified cities were symbols of human strength and security, often boasting high walls and strong defenses. The Hebrew word for "fortified" is "בָּצוּר" (batsur), indicating something that is inaccessible or well-protected. Yet, even these strongholds are rendered powerless before God's might. This reflects the biblical theme that no human power can stand against the divine will, encouraging believers to place their trust in God rather than in worldly defenses.<p><b>the foreigner’s fortress a city no more</b><br />The term "foreigner" refers to nations or peoples outside of Israel, often seen as adversaries or those who do not follow the God of Israel. The Hebrew word "נָכְרִי" (nokri) denotes something foreign or alien. The destruction of the foreigner’s fortress symbolizes the dismantling of powers that oppose God. This can be seen as a prophetic assurance that God's justice will prevail over all nations, aligning with the conservative Christian view of God's ultimate victory over evil.<p><b>it will never be rebuilt</b><br />This phrase conveys the finality and completeness of God's judgment. The Hebrew root "בָּנָה" (banah) means to build or rebuild. The declaration that the city "will never be rebuilt" signifies irreversible judgment, a theme echoed in the destruction of cities like Sodom and Gomorrah. For believers, this serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of defying God, while also offering hope that God's righteous judgment will ultimately lead to the establishment of His eternal kingdom.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Thou hast made of a city an heap.</span>--The city spoken of as "the palace of strangers" was, probably in the prophet's thought, that which he identified with the oppressors and destroyers of his people--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>Nineveh or Babylon; but that city was also for him the representation of the world-power which in every age opposes itself to the righteousness of God's kingdom. The Babylon of Isaiah becomes the type of the mystical Babylon of the Apocalypse. The words as they stand expand the thought of <a href="/isaiah/24-10.htm" title="The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.">Isaiah 24:10</a>. (Comp. <a href="/isaiah/27-10.htm" title="Yet the defended city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.">Isaiah 27:10</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou hast made of a city an heap</span>. No particular city is pointed at. The prophet has in his mind the fate of all those cities which have been enemies of Jehovah and persecutors of the saints upon earth. <span class="cmt_word">A defended city</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "a fenced, or fortified, city." <span class="cmt_word">A palace of strangers</span>. As the "city" of this passage is not an individual city, so the "palace" is not an individual palace. All the palaces of those who were "strangers" to God and his covenant have ceased to be - they are whelmed in the general destruction (see <a href="/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20</a>). They will never rise again out of their ruins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/25-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Indeed,</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You have turned</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׂ֤מְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(śam·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the city</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעִיר֙</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into a heap of rubble,</span><br /><span class="heb">לַגָּ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(lag·gāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1530.htm">Strong's 1530: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something rolled, a heap of stone, dung, a spring of water</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a fortified</span><br /><span class="heb">בְצוּרָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·ṣū·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1219.htm">Strong's 1219: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose</span><br /><br /><span class="word">town</span><br /><span class="heb">קִרְיָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(qir·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7151.htm">Strong's 7151: </a> </span><span class="str2">A town, city</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into ruins;</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַפֵּלָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(lə·map·pê·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4654.htm">Strong's 4654: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something fallen, a ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the fortress</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְמ֤וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·mō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_759.htm">Strong's 759: </a> </span><span class="str2">A citadel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of strangers</span><br /><span class="heb">זָרִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(zā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2114.htm">Strong's 2114: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[is] a city [no more];</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעִ֔יר</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it will never</span><br /><span class="heb">לְעוֹלָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·‘ō·w·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> </span><span class="str2">Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be rebuilt.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִבָּנֶֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(yib·bā·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> </span><span class="str2">To build</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/25-2.htm">Isaiah 25:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/25-2.htm">Isaiah 25:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/25-2.htm">Isaiah 25:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/25-2.htm">Isaiah 25:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/25-2.htm">Isaiah 25:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/25-2.htm">Isaiah 25:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/25-2.htm">Isaiah 25:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/25-2.htm">Isaiah 25:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/25-2.htm">Isaiah 25:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/25-2.htm">Isaiah 25:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/25-2.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 25:2 For you have made a city into (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/25-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 25:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 25:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/25-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 25:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 25:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>