Isaiah 25:11 Cross References

Isaiah 25:11

11: God will push down Moab's people as a swimmer pushes down water with his hands. He will end their pride and all their evil works.

I have a plan for the whole earth, for my mighty power reaches throughout the world.

That is why the anger of the LORD burns against his people. That is why he has raised his fist to crush them. The hills tremble, and the rotting bodies of his people are thrown as garbage into the streets. But even then the LORD's anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike!

But now the LORD says, "Within three years, without fail, the glory of Moab will be ended, and few of its people will be left alive."

Is this Moab, the proud land we have heard so much about? Its pride and insolence are all gone now!

The day is coming when your pride will be brought low and the LORD alone will be exalted.

"See, I am your enemy, O proud people," says the Lord, the LORD Almighty. "Your day of reckoning has arrived.
O land of pride, you will stumble and fall, and no one will raise you up. For I will light a fire in the cities of Babylon that will burn everything around them."

or like the relentless heat of the desert. But you silence the roar of foreign nations. You cool the land with the shade of a cloud. So the boastful songs of ruthless people are stilled.

"I opened my arms to my own people all day long, but they have rebelled. They follow their own evil paths and thoughts.

"I, the LORD, will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. I will crush the arrogance of the proud and the haughtiness of the mighty.

In this way, God disarmed the evil rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross of Christ.

But look! The Lord, the LORD Almighty, will chop down the mighty tree! He will destroy all that vast army of Assyria--officers and high officials alike.

"Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble those who are proud."

And I will punish Bel, the god of Babylon, and pull from his mouth what he has taken. The nations will no longer come and worship him. The wall of Babylon has fallen.

He gives us more and more strength to stand against such evil desires. As the Scriptures say, "God sets himself against the proud, but he shows favor to the humble."

I will give him the honors of one who is mighty and great, because he exposed himself to death. He was counted among those who were sinners. He bore the sins of many and interceded for sinners.

Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your possession.
You will break them with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots.'"
Now then, you kings, act wisely! Be warned, you rulers of the earth!
Serve the LORD with reverent fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Submit to God's royal son, or he will become angry, and you will be destroyed in the midst of your pursuits--for his anger can flare up in an instant. But what joy for all who find protection in him!

The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit in honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet."
The LORD will extend your powerful dominion from Jerusalem; you will rule over your enemies.
In that day of battle, your people will serve you willingly. Arrayed in holy garments, your vigor will be renewed each day like the morning dew.
The LORD has taken an oath and will not break his vow: "You are a priest forever in the line of Melchizedek."
The Lord stands at your right hand to protect you. He will strike down many kings in the day of his anger.

We have heard of the pride of Moab, for it is very great. We know of her loftiness, her arrogance, and her haughty heart.

Come and eat the flesh of kings, captains, and strong warriors; of horses and their riders; and of all humanity, both free and slave, small and great."
Then I saw the beast gathering the kings of the earth and their armies in order to fight against the one sitting on the horse and his army.
And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the beast--miracles that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. Both the beast and his false prophet were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Do to her as she has done to your people. Give her a double penalty for all her evil deeds. She brewed a cup of terror for others, so give her twice as much as she gave out.
She has lived in luxury and pleasure, so match it now with torments and sorrows. She boasts, 'I am queen on my throne. I am no helpless widow. I will not experience sorrow.'
Therefore, the sorrows of death and mourning and famine will overtake her in a single day. She will be utterly consumed by fire, for the Lord God who judges her is mighty."

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