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New International Version
So he poured out on them his burning anger, the violence of war. It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.

New Living Translation
Therefore, he poured out his fury on them and destroyed them in battle. They were enveloped in flames, but they still refused to understand. They were consumed by fire, but they did not learn their lesson.

English Standard Version
So he poured on him the heat of his anger and the might of battle; it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand; it burned him up, but he did not take it to heart.

Berean Standard Bible
So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.

King James Bible
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laidit not to heart.

New King James Version
Therefore He has poured on him the fury of His anger And the strength of battle; It has set him on fire all around, Yet he did not know; And it burned him, Yet he did not takeit to heart.

New American Standard Bible
So He poured out on him the heat of His anger And the fierceness of battle; And it set him aflame all around, Yet he did not recognizeit; And it burned him, but he paid no attention.

NASB 1995
So He poured out on him the heat of His anger And the fierceness of battle; And it set him aflame all around, Yet he did not recognize it; And it burned him, but he paid no attention.

NASB 1977
So He poured out on him the heat of His anger And the fierceness of battle; And it set him aflame all around, Yet he did not recognizeit; And it burned him, but he paid no attention.

Legacy Standard Bible
So He poured out on him the heat of His anger And the fierceness of battle; And it set him aflame all around, Yet he did not knowit; And it burned him, but he did not set it upon his heart.

Amplified Bible
Therefore He poured out on Israel the heat of His anger And the fierceness of battle; And engulfed him in fire, Yet he did not recognize [the lesson of repentance which the Assyrian conquest was intended to teach]; It burned him, but he did not take it to heart.

Christian Standard Bible
So he poured out his furious anger and the power of war on Jacob. It surrounded him with fire, but he did not know it; it burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So He poured out on Jacob His furious anger and the power of war. It surrounded him with fire, but he did not know it; it burned him, but he paid no attention.

American Standard Version
Therefore he poured upon him the fierceness of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

Contemporary English Version
He was furious with us and punished our nation with the fires of war. Still we paid no attention. We didn't even care when we were surrounded and scorched by flames.

English Revised Version
Therefore he poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So he poured out his burning anger and the horrors of war on them. It engulfed them in flames, but they did not understand. It burned them, but they did not take it to heart.

Good News Translation
So he made us feel the force of his anger and suffer the violence of war. Like fire his anger burned throughout Israel, but we never knew what was happening; we learned nothing at all from it.

International Standard Version
so he drenched him with the heat that is his anger, the violence of war. It enveloped him in flames, but still he had no insight. It burned him up, but he didn't take it to heart."

NET Bible
So he poured out his fierce anger on them, along with the devastation of war. Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; it burned against them, but they did notice.

New Heart English Bible
Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire all around, but he did not know; and it burned him, but he did not take it to heart."

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire around, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

Majority Text Translations

Majority Standard Bible
So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.

World English Bible
Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle. It set him on fire all around, but he didn’t know. It burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.”

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
And He pours fury on him, "" His anger, and the strength of battle, "" And it sets him on fire all around, "" And he has not known, "" And it burns against him, and he does not lay it to heart!

Young's Literal Translation
And He poureth on him fury, His anger, and the strength of battle, And it setteth him on fire round about, And he hath not known, And it burneth against him, and he layeth it not to heart!

Smith's Literal Translation
And be will pour upon him the heat of his anger, and the strength of war: and it will burn him from round about, and he will not know; and it will feed upon him and he will not lay to the heart.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he hath poured out upon him the indignation of his fury, and a strong battle, and hath burnt him round about, and he knew not: and set him on fire, and he understood not.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And so, he poured out over him the indignation of his fury and a strong battle. And he burned him all around, and he did not realize it. And he set him on fire, and he did not understand it.

New American Bible
So he poured out wrath upon them, his anger, and the fury of battle; It blazed all around them, yet they did not realize, it burned them, but they did not take it to heart.

New Revised Standard Version
So he poured upon him the heat of his anger and the fury of war; it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand; it burned him, but he did not take it to heart.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
Therefore he has poured upon them the fury of his anger and the fierceness of battle; and it has set them on fire round about, yet they knew it not; and it burned them, yet they laid it not to heart.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
He poured upon them the heat of his wrath and the power of war burned them from their surroundings, and they did not know, and fire burned in them and they did not bring it to their heart

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
Therefore He poured upon him the fury of His anger, And the strength of battle; And it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not, And it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So he brought upon them the fury of his wrath; and the war, and those that burnt round about them, prevailed against them; yet no one of them knewit, neither did they layit to heart.

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Context

Israel is Deaf and Blind
…24Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.25So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle.It enveloped them in flames,but they did not understand;it consumed them,but they did not take it to heart.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22-25
For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains. / I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them. / They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust. ...

2 Kings 22:13-17
“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 the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.” / So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District. / And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you ...

Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.

Jeremiah 21:12-14
O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds. / Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?” / I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”

Lamentations 2:3-4
In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it. / He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.

Ezekiel 22:31
So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

Amos 2:4-5
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked. / So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.

Romans 1:18
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

Romans 2:5
But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Romans 5:9
Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!

Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

Colossians 3:6
Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

1 Thessalonians 1:10
and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Treasury of Scripture

Therefore he has poured on him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it has set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

he hath poured

Leviticus 26:15
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments,but that ye break my covenant:

Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Psalm 79:5,6
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? …

and it hath

2 Kings 25:9
And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every greatman's house burnt he with fire.

he knew

Isaiah 9:13
For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.

Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD,are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them,but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Hosea 7:9
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knowethit not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

yet he laid

Isaiah 57:11
And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laidit to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?

Malachi 2:2
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not layit to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not layit to heart.

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Isaiah 42

1.The office of Christ, graced with meekness and constancy.
5.God's promise unto him.
10.An exhortation to praise God for his Gospel
13.God will manifest himself, and check idolatry
18.He reproves the people of incredulity.

Study Bible

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So He poured out on them His furious anger
This phrase reflects God's righteous judgment upon His people due to their persistent disobedience and idolatry. The imagery of pouring out suggests an overwhelming and inescapable force, akin to a deluge. In the context of Isaiah, this judgment is often associated with the Babylonian exile, where God allowed foreign nations to conquer Israel as a consequence of their sins. This aligns with the covenantal curses outlined inDeuteronomy 28, where disobedience leads to divine wrath. Theologically, it underscores God's holiness and justice, reminding believers of the seriousness of sin.

and the fierceness of battle.
The fierceness of battle signifies the intensity and destructiveness of the judgment that came upon Israel. Historically, this can be linked to the invasions by Assyrian and Babylonian forces, which were instruments of God's judgment. The battles were not just physical but also spiritual, as they represented a divine chastisement meant to bring the people back to repentance. This phrase also echoes the warnings given by prophets like Jeremiah and Ezekiel, who foretold the coming destruction due to the nation's unfaithfulness.

It enveloped them in flames,
The imagery of flames suggests total destruction and purification. Fire in the Bible often symbolizes God's presence and judgment, as seen in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19) and the refining process described inMalachi 3:2-3. The enveloping flames indicate that the judgment was all-consuming, leaving no part of the nation untouched. This can be seen as a type of Christ's ultimate judgment and purification of the world, where He will separate the righteous from the wicked (Matthew 3:12).

but they did not understand;
Despite the clear signs of God's judgment, the people failed to comprehend the reason behind their suffering. This lack of understanding is a recurring theme in the prophetic books, where Israel is often described as having eyes but not seeing, and ears but not hearing (Isaiah 6:9-10). It highlights the spiritual blindness and hardness of heart that prevented them from recognizing their need for repentance. This serves as a warning to believers today to remain spiritually vigilant and responsive to God's discipline.

it consumed them,
The consumption here indicates the thoroughness of the judgment. Historically, the Babylonian conquest led to the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, symbolizing the complete devastation of the nation. This consumption can also be seen as a metaphor for the spiritual decay that results from persistent sin. In a broader biblical context, it points to the ultimate judgment that awaits those who reject God, as described inRevelation 20:15.

but they did not take it to heart.
This phrase underscores the tragic response of the people to God's discipline. Despite experiencing the consequences of their actions, they failed to internalize the lesson and turn back to God. This reflects a deeper issue of spiritual apathy and rebellion. In the New Testament, Jesus often rebukes the Pharisees for a similar hardness of heart (Mark 3:5). For believers, this serves as a call to genuine repentance and transformation, emphasizing the importance of not just hearing God's word but allowing it to change one's heart and actions.

Persons / Places / Events

1.God (Yahweh)
The sovereign Lord who is expressing His righteous anger due to the disobedience and idolatry of His people.

2.Israel
The nation chosen by God, who is the recipient of His anger due to their persistent rebellion and failure to heed His warnings.

3.Prophet Isaiah
The messenger of God who delivers this message of warning and judgment to the people of Israel.

4.Furious Anger and Fierceness of Battle
Represents God's judgment and the consequences of Israel's disobedience, often manifested through military defeat and suffering.

5.Flames and Consumption
Symbolic of the destruction and purification process that Israel undergoes due to their failure to repent and return to God.

Teaching Points

Understanding God's Righteous Anger
God's anger is not arbitrary but is a response to persistent sin and rebellion. It serves as a call to repentance and a return to righteousness.

The Consequences of Disobedience
Disobedience to God leads to severe consequences, as seen in the historical context of Israel. This serves as a warning for believers today to remain faithful.

The Importance of Heeding God's Warnings
The Israelites' failure to understand and take God's warnings to heart resulted in their suffering. Believers are encouraged to be attentive to God's guidance and correction.

God's Discipline as a Form of Love
Just as a loving parent disciplines a child, God's discipline is meant to correct and guide His people back to Him.

Reflecting on Personal Spiritual State
Believers should regularly examine their lives to ensure they are not ignoring God's voice or living in ways that provoke His righteous anger.

Bible Study Questions and Answers

1.What is the meaning of Isaiah 42:25?

2.How does Isaiah 42:25 illustrate God's response to Israel's disobedience and sin?

3.What lessons can we learn from God's anger as described in Isaiah 42:25?

4.How does Isaiah 42:25 connect to God's justice in other Old Testament passages?

5.How can we apply the warning in Isaiah 42:25 to our spiritual lives today?

6.What steps can we take to avoid provoking God's anger like in Isaiah 42:25?

7.Why did God pour out His wrath in Isaiah 42:25?

8.How does Isaiah 42:25 reflect God's justice and mercy?

9.What historical events align with the prophecy in Isaiah 42:25?

10.What are the top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 42?

11.What does the Bible say about being angry with God?

12.Why do you hypocritically ignore justice, mercy, and faithfulness?

13.Isaiah 66:15-16: How can a loving deity be reconciled with the depiction of fiery vengeance and widespread destruction?

14.In Ezekiel 25:12-14, is there verifiable evidence that Edom suffered the precise judgment described, or might this be an unfulfilled prophecy?

What Does Isaiah 42:25 Mean

So He poured out on them His furious anger

The verse opens by revealing the origin of the judgment: “He”—the LORD Himself—acts.

• God’s anger is never capricious; it is the settled, righteous response to covenant rebellion (Deuteronomy 32:23;Romans 1:18).

• Israel had persisted in idolatry and injustice despite centuries of prophetic warnings (Isaiah 1:2-4).

• “His furious anger” underscores intensity; the same holy God who patiently waits will also decisively judge (Nahum 1:2-3).

•Jeremiah 7:20 mirrors the scene: “This is what the LORD GOD says: ‘My anger and My wrath will be poured out on this place… it will burn and not be quenched’ ”.

and the fierceness of battle.

God’s wrath took a concrete shape: war.

• Assyrian and later Babylonian armies became instruments in His hand (Isaiah 10:5-6;2 Kings 24:2).

• Battle language reminds us that sin invites real-world consequences—lost cities, shattered families, national exile (Jeremiah 21:4-7).

• Yet behind every sword stroke stood the divine Sword (Isaiah 31:8;Revelation 19:15), highlighting that history bends to His sovereign purposes.

It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand;

The judgment is pictured as a consuming fire.

• Fire often symbolizes God’s purifying, judging presence (Isaiah 33:14;Hebrews 12:29).

• “They did not understand” points to spiritual dullness; the people suffered but missed the message (Isaiah 6:9-10;Hosea 7:2).

• Like those at Jerusalem’s fall who cried, yet refused to see the hand of God (Lamentations 2:14), they interpreted events merely as political misfortune.

• Jesus wept over a similar blindness: “If you had known… what would bring you peace” (Luke 19:42).

it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.

The final clause intensifies the tragedy: judgment devoured yet produced no repentance.

•Amos 4:6-11 records a repeated refrain: “Yet you have not returned to Me.”

• Catastrophe is meant to drive the heart back to God (Haggai 1:5-7;Hebrews 12:11).

•Revelation 9:20-21 reveals the same pattern in the end times—plagues fall, but “the rest of mankind… did not repent.”

• The verse warns every generation: external loss is wasted if it leaves the heart unchanged.

summary

Isaiah 42:25 portrays the LORD’s righteous anger poured out through warfare, pictured as a devouring fire. Though flames engulfed the nation, the people remained spiritually senseless, refusing to repent. The passage reminds us that divine judgment is both literal and purposeful: God disciplines to awaken hearts. To ignore His corrective hand is to invite further loss. True wisdom recognizes His sovereignty, repents, and returns while mercy still beckons.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(25)The fury of his anger.--Better,the burning heat of His wrath, and the violence of war.Historically, the words seem to find a better fulfiment in the "wars and rumours of wars" (Matthew 24:6) than in the long equable continuance of the exile.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 25. -Therefore he hath poured upon him... the strength of battle;i.e. for this cause, on account of their iniquities, did God bring upon his people the scourge of foreign war, and allow the Babylonians to waste Judaea, to destroy Jerusalem, and to lead into captivity the entire nation (comp.2 Chronicles 36:14-17).It hath set him on fire; rather,it (i.e. the war)sethim on fire. The reference is, perhaps, especially to the burning of Jerusalem by Nebuzar-adan (2 Kings 25:9); but the phrase will cover also the general devastation of the land both before and after this event (Jeremiah 39-42.),He knew not; rather, he took nonotice; he did not change his ways on account of the chastisement. The prophet's view is that Israel, as a whole, was not greatly bettered by the Captivity, at any rate up to the time which he takes for his standpoint, and at which he supposes him. self to be addressing them.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

So He poured out
וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ךְ(way·yiš·pōḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8210:To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out

on them
עָלָיו֙(‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5921:Above, over, upon, against

His furious
חֵמָ֣ה(ḥê·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2534:Heat, anger, poison

anger
אַפּ֔וֹ(’ap·pōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 639:The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire

and the fierceness
וֶעֱז֖וּז(we·‘ĕ·zūz)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5807:Strength, might, fierceness

of battle.
מִלְחָמָ֑ה(mil·ḥā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4421:A battle, war

It enveloped them
מִסָּבִיב֙(mis·sā·ḇîḇ)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 5439:A circle, neighbour, environs, around

in flames,
וַתְּלַהֲטֵ֤הוּ(wat·tə·la·hă·ṭê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3857:To blaze up, flame

but they did not
וְלֹ֣א(wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808:Not, no

understand;
יָדָ֔ע(yā·ḏā‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3045:To know

it consumed them,
וַתִּבְעַר־(wat·tiḇ·‘ar-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1197:To kindle, consume, to be, brutish

but they did not
וְלֹא־(wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808:Not, no

take
יָשִׂ֥ים(yā·śîm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7760:Put -- to put, place, set

it to
עַל־(‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921:Above, over, upon, against

heart.
לֵֽב׃(lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3820:The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

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