Isaiah 65 · Verse 25

Isaiah 65:25

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
Isaiah 65:25, King James Version

Isaiah 65:25 in other translations

BSBThe wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.
WEBThe wolf and the lamb will feed together. The lion will eat straw like the ox. Dust will be the serpent’s food. They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,” says the LORD.
ASVThe wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.
YLTWolf and lamb do feed as one, And a lion as an ox eateth straw, As to the serpent--dust is its food, They do no evil, nor destroy, In all My holy mountain, said Jehovah!
DARBYThe wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.
BBEThe wolf and the lamb will take their food together, and the lion will make a meal of grass like the ox: but dust will be the snake's food. There will be no cause of pain or destruction in all my holy mountain, says the Lord.
WebsterThe wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpents' food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

What does Isaiah 65:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. (See on Is 11:6). and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock--(See on Is 11:7). and dust--rather, "but dust," &c. The curse shall remain on the serpent [Horsley], (Ge 3:14; Mi 7:17). "To lick the dust" is figurative of the utter and perpetual degradation of Satan and his emissaries (Is 49:23; Psa 72:9). Satan fell self-tempted; therefore no atonement was contrived for him, as there was for man, who fell by his temptation (Jude 6; Joh 8:44). From his peculiar connection with the earth and man, it has been conjectured that the exciting cause of his rebellion was God's declaration that human nature was to be raised into union with the Godhead; this was "the truth" concerning the person of the Son of God which "he abode not in"; it galled his pride that a lower race was to be raised to that which he had aspired to (1Ti 3:6). How exultingly he might say, when man fell through him, "God would raise manhood into union with Himself; I have brought it down below the beasts by sin!" At that very moment and spot he was told that the seed of the abhorred race, man, should bruise his head (1Jo 3:8). He was raised up for this, to show forth God's glory (Ex 9:16; Ro 9:17). In his unfallen state he may have been God's vicegerent over the earth and the animal kingdom before man: this will account for his assuming the form of a serpent (Ge 3:1). Man succeeded to that office (Ge 2:19, 20), but forfeited it by sin, whence Satan became "prince of this world"; Jesus Christ supplants the usurper, and as "Son of man" regains the lost inheritance (Psa 8:4-8). The steps in Satan's overthrow are these: he is cast out, first, from heaven (Re 12:7-9) on earth; next, he is bound a thousand years (Re 20:2, 3); finally, he is cast into the lake of fire for ever (Re 20:10). the serpent's meat--(See on Is 11:8). They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain--(See on Is 11:9).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 The wolf and the lamb, etc. - The glorious salvation which Jesus Christ procures is for men, and for men only: fallen spirits must still abide under the curse: "He took not on him the nature of angels, but the seed of Abraham." Shall feed together - For כאחד keechad, as one, an ancient MS. has יחדו yachdav, together; the usual word, to the same sense, but very different in the letters. The Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate seem to agree with the MSS. - L.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 65:17-25

In the grace and comfort believers have in and from Christ, we are to look for this new heaven and new earth. The former confusions, sins and miseries of the human race, shall be no more remembered or renewed. The approaching happy state of the church is described under a variety of images. He shall be thought to die in his youth, and for his sins, who only lives to the age of a hundred years. The event alone can…

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Isaiah 65:25 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.

זְאֵ֨בze.'EvwolfH2061
וְטָלֶ֜הve.ta.Lehand lambH2924
יִרְע֣וּyir.'Uthey will grazeH7462
כְאֶחָ֗דkhe.'e.Chadas oneH259
וְאַרְיֵה֙ve.'ar.Yehand [the] lionH738
כַּבָּקָ֣רka.ba.Karlike the oxH1241
יֹֽאכַל\־yo.khal-it will eatH398
תֶּ֔בֶןTe.venstrawH8401
וְנָחָ֖שׁve.na.Chashand a snakeH5175
עָפָ֣ר'a.Far[will be] dustH6083
לַחְמ֑וֹlach.Mofood itsH3899
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יָרֵ֧עוּya.Re.'uthey will do harmH7489
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יַשְׁחִ֛יתוּyash.Chi.tuthey will destroyH7843
בְּכָל\־be.kholin allH3605
הַ֥רhar[the] mountain ofH2022
קָדְשִׁ֖יkod.shiholiness myH6944
אָמַ֥ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָֽה\׃\ \סYah.wehYahwehH3068

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Cross references for Isaiah 65:25

  • Isaiah 11:6-9

    The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

  • Micah 4:3

    And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

  • Acts 9:19-21

    And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?

  • Revelation 14:1

    And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.

  • Revelation 12:7-9

    And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

  • Isaiah 65:11

    But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.

  • Micah 7:17

    They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.

  • Isaiah 35:9

    No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

  • Romans 16:20

    And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

  • Zechariah 8:3

    Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain.

  • Ezekiel 43:11

    And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.

  • Acts 9:1

    And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
wolf.
11:6-9; 35:9; Ac 9:1,19-21; 1Co 6:9-11; Tit 3:3-7
dust.
Ge 3:14,15; Ro 16:20; Re 12:7-9; 20:2,3
shall not.
2:4; 11:9; Mic 4:3
my.
11; Eze 43:11; Zec 8:3; 14:20,21; Re 14:1

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Context

  • Isaiah 65:24

    And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

  • Isaiah 65:25

    The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

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Isaiah 65:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El lobo y el cordero serán apacentados juntos, y el león comerá paja como el buey; y á la serpiente el polvo será su comida. No afligirán, ni harán mal en todo mi santo monte, dijo Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Le loup et l’agneau paîtront ensemble, et le lion mangera de la paille comme le bœuf; et la poussière sera la nourriture du serpent. On ne fera pas de tort, et on ne détruira pas sur toute ma montagne sainte, dit l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wolf und Lamm werden beisammen weiden; und der Löwe wird Stroh fressen wie das Rind; und die Schlange: Staub wird ihre Speise sein. Man wird nicht übeltun noch verderbt handeln auf meinem ganzen heiligen Gebirge, spricht Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Lupus et agnus pascentur simul, leo et bos comedent paleas, et serpenti pulvis panis ejus. Non nocebunt, neque occident in omni monte sancto meo, dicit Dominus.