Isaiah 5:25 “Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is…”

Isaiah 5:25

Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

World English Bible

Therefore the LORD’s anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.

American Standard Version

Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore is the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, and hee hath stretched out his hand vpon them, and hath smitten them that the mountaines did tremble: and their carkases were torne in the middes of the streetes, and for all this his wrath was not turned away, but his hande was stretched out still.

Darby Translation

Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched out his hand against them and hath smitten them; and the mountains trembled, and their carcases are become as dung in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

Young's Literal Translation

Therefore hath the anger of Jehovah burned among His people, And He stretcheth out His hand against it, And smiteth it, and the mountains tremble, And their carcase is as filth in the midst of the out-places. With all this His anger did not turn back, And still His hand is stretched out!

Bible in Basic English

For this reason the wrath of the Lord has been burning against his people, and his hand has been stretched out against them in punishment, and the hills were shaking, and their dead bodies were like waste in the open places of the town.

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Cross references

“the anger”

2 Chronicles 36:16 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Deuteronomy 31:17 Deuteronomy 32:19–22 2 Kings 13:3 2 Kings 22:13–17

2 Chronicles 36:16 · BSB

But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

1 Thessalonians 2:16 · BSB

hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

Deuteronomy 31:17 · BSB

On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not the…

Deuteronomy 32:19–22 · BSB

When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.

2 Kings 13:3 · BSB

So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad.

2 Kings 22:13–17 · BSB

“Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed th…

“stretched”

Isaiah 14:26 Isaiah 14:27

Isaiah 14:26 · BSB

This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.

Isaiah 14:27 · BSB

The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

“the hills”

Jeremiah 4:24 Psalm 18:7 Nahum 1:5 Micah 1:4 Habakkuk 3:10 Revelation 20:11

Jeremiah 4:24 · BSB

I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

Psalm 18:7 · BSB

Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

Nahum 1:5 · BSB

The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.

Micah 1:4 · BSB

The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

Habakkuk 3:10 · BSB

The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.

Revelation 20:11 · BSB

Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.

“torn”

2 Kings 9:37 Jeremiah 16:4 Zephaniah 1:17 1 Kings 14:11 1 Kings 16:4 1 Kings 21:24

2 Kings 9:37 · BSB

And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’ ”

Jeremiah 16:4 · BSB

“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air an…

Zephaniah 1:17 · BSB

I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.

1 Kings 14:11 · BSB

Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.

1 Kings 16:4 · BSB

Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”

1 Kings 21:24 · BSB

Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”

“For all”

Isaiah 9:21 Isaiah 10:4 Isaiah 9:17 Daniel 9:16 Hosea 14:4 Leviticus 26:14–46

Isaiah 9:21 · BSB

Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

Isaiah 10:4 · BSB

Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

Isaiah 9:17 · BSB

Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not…

Daniel 9:16 · BSB

O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your…

Hosea 14:4 · BSB

I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.

Leviticus 26:14–46 · BSB

If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,

Also

Jeremiah 4:8

Jeremiah 4:8 · BSB

So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

26He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!

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