What Does Isaiah 5:25 Mean?

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner

“kindled”

to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy

“For all this his anger”

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

“of the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“against his people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“and he hath stretched forth”

to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)

“but his hand”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“against them and hath smitten”

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

“did tremble”

to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear)

“them and the hills”

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“and their carcases”

a flabby thing, i.e., a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol

“were torn”

something swept away, i.e., filth

“in the midst”

properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)

“of the streets”

properly, separate by a wall, i.e., outside, outdoors

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

this (often used adverb)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“is not turned away”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

“For all this his anger”

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

“but his hand”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

“and he hath stretched forth”

to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)