Isaiah 30 · Verse 25

Isaiah 30:25

And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
Isaiah 30:25, King James Version

Isaiah 30:25 in other translations

BSBAnd from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
WEBThere will be brooks and streams of water on every lofty mountain and on every high hill in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
ASVAnd there shall be upon every lofty mountain, and upon every high hill, brooks and streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
YLTAnd there hath been on every high mount, And on every exalted hill, Rivulets--streams of waters, In a day of much slaughter, in the falling of towers.
DARBYAnd there shall be upon every high mountain and upon every hill that is lifted up, brooks and water-courses, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
BBEAnd there will be rivers and streams of water on every tall mountain and on every high hill, in the day when great numbers are put to the sword, when the towers come down.
WebsterAnd there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

What does Isaiah 30:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. Even the otherwise barren hills shall then be well-watered (Is 44:3). the day, &c.--when the disobedient among the Jews shall have been slain, as foretold in Is 30:16: "towers," that is, mighty men (Is 2:15). Or else, the towers of the Assyrian Sennacherib, or of Babylon, types of all enemies of God's people.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 When the towers fall "When the mighty fall" - מגדלים migdalim, μεγαλους, Sym.; μεγαλυνομενους, Aquila; רברבין rabrebin, Chard.; all signifying mighty sizes.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 30:19-26

God's people will soon arrive at the Zion above, and then they will weep no more for ever. Even now they would have more comfort, as well as holiness, if they were more constant in prayer. A famine of bread is not so great a judgment as a famine of the word of God. There are right-hand and left-hand errors; the tempter is busy courting us into by-paths. It is happy if, by the counsels of a faithful minister or…

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Isaiah 30:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהָיָ֣ה\׀ve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
עַל\־'al-onH5921
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
הַ֣רharmountainH2022
גָּבֹ֗הַga.Vo.hahighH1364
וְעַל֙ve.'Aland onH5921
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
גִּבְעָ֣הgiv.'AhhillH1389
נִשָּׂאָ֔הni.sa.'Ahlifted upH5375
פְּלָגִ֖יםpe.la.GimstreamsH6388
יִבְלֵי\־yiv.lei-watercourses ofH2988
מָ֑יִםMa.yimwaterH4325
בְּיוֹם֙be.yOmin a day ofH3117
הֶ֣רֶגHe.regslaughterH2027
רָ֔בRavgreatH7227
בִּנְפֹ֖לbin.Folwhen fallH5307
מִגְדָּלִֽים\׃mig.da.LimtowersH4026

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Cross references for Isaiah 30:25

  • Isaiah 35:6-7

    Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

  • Isaiah 2:14-15

    And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

  • Isaiah 43:19-20

    Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

  • Ezekiel 17:22

    Thus saith the Lord God; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:

  • Isaiah 37:36

    Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

  • Nahum 3:12

    All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

  • Isaiah 41:18-19

    I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

  • Ezekiel 34:13

    And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

  • Revelation 16:1-19

    And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. …

  • Ezekiel 34:26

    And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

  • Revelation 22:1

    And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

  • Isaiah 34:2-10

    For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
upon every high.
2:14,15; 35:6,7; 41:18,19; 43:19,20; 44:3,4; Eze 17:22; 34:13,26
Joh 7:38; Re 22:1
high. Heb. lifted up. in the day.
34:2-10; 37:36; 63:1-6; Eze 39:17-20; Re 16:1-19:21
when.
32:14; Na 3:12; 2Co 10:4

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Context

  • Isaiah 30:24

    The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

  • Isaiah 30:25

    And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

  • Isaiah 30:26

    Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

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Isaiah 30:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y sobre todo monte alto, y sobre todo collado subido, habrá ríos y corrientes de aguas el día de la gran matanza, cuando caerán las torres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et, sur toute haute montagne et sur toute colline élevée, il y aura des ruisseaux, des courants d’eau, au jour du grand carnage, quand les tours s’écrouleront.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und auf jedem hohen Berge und auf jedem erhabenen Hügel werden Bäche, Wasserströme sein an dem Tage des großen Gemetzels, wenn Türme fallen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et erunt super omnem montem excelsum, et super omnem collem elevatum, rivi currentium aquarum, in die interfectionis multorum, cum ceciderint turres: