Isaiah 25:3
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Therefore shall the strong people glorify you, the city of the terrible nations shall fear you.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Therefore shall the strong people glorify you, the city of the terrible nations shall fear you.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Therefore shall a strong people glorify thee; a city of terrible nations shall fear thee.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
For this cause will the strong people give glory to you, the town of the cruel ones will be in fear of you.
Webster's Revision
Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
World English Bible
Therefore a strong people will glorify you. A city of awesome nations will fear you.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
Barnes's Isaiah 25:3 Bible Commentary
The strong people - The reference here is not probably to the Babylonians, but to the surrounding nations. The deliverance of the Jews, and the destruction of Babylon, would be such striking events that they would lead the surrounding nations to acknowledge that it was the hand of God.
The city of the terrible nations - The word 'city' here is taken probably in a collective sense, to denote the cities or the strong places of the surrounding nations which would be brought thus to tremble before God. The destruction of a city so proud and wicked as Babylon would alarm them, and would lead them to fear that they might share the same fate, especially as many of them had been associated in oppressing the now delivered people of the land of Judea.
Wesley's Isaiah 25:3 Bible Commentary
25:3 Shall fear - Thy stoutest enemies observing thy wonderful works, shall be converted, or at least forced to tremble before thee.
