Isaiah 25:4

New English Translation

For you are a protector for the poor, a protector for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm, a shade from the heat. Though the breath of tyrants is like a winter rainstorm,

Cross References

Psalm 107:41

Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

Psalm 119:31

I hold fast to your rules. O Lord, do not let me be ashamed!

Psalm 12:5

“Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the Lord. “I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”

Psalm 121:5

The Lord is your protector; the Lord is the shade at your right hand.

Psalm 35:10

With all my strength I will say, “O Lord, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”

Psalm 55:8

I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind and the gale.”

Psalm 72:13

He will take pity on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save.

Psalm 72:4

He will defend the oppressed among the people; he will deliver the children of the poor and crush the oppressor.

Psalm 9:10

Your loyal followers trust in you, for you, Lord, do not abandon those who seek your help.

Psalm 91:1

As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king –

Isaiah 11:4

He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.

Isaiah 14:32

How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.

Isaiah 16:3

“Bring a plan, make a decision! Provide some shade in the middle of the day! Hide the fugitives! Do not betray the one who tries to escape!

Isaiah 17:10

For you ignore the God who rescues you; you pay no attention to your strong protector. So this is what happens: You cultivate beautiful plants and plant exotic vines.

Isaiah 27:5

unless they became my subjects and made peace with me; let them make peace with me.

Isaiah 28:6

He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions, and strength to those who defend the city from attackers.

Isaiah 29:19

The downtrodden will again rejoice in the Lord; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 29:20

For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated –

Isaiah 29:5

But the horde of invaders will be like fine dust, the horde of tyrants like chaff that is blown away. It will happen suddenly, in a flash.

Isaiah 32:2

Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm; like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.

Isaiah 33:16

This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.

Isaiah 33:2

Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes.

Isaiah 37:36

The Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!

Isaiah 49:25

Indeed,” says the Lord, “captives will be taken from a warrior; spoils will be rescued from a conqueror. I will oppose your adversary and I will rescue your children.

Isaiah 57:13

When you cry out for help, let your idols help you! The wind blows them all away, a breeze carries them away. But the one who looks to me for help will inherit the land and will have access to my holy mountain.”

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made them; that is how they came to be,” says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.

Isaiah 8:14

He will become a sanctuary, but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble – to the two houses of Israel. He will become a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 16:19

Then I said, “Lord, you give me strength and protect me. You are the one I can run to for safety when I am in trouble. Nations from all over the earth will come to you and say, ‘Our ancestors had nothing but false gods – worthless idols that could not help them at all.

Ezekiel 38:9

You will advance; you will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the earth, you, all your troops, and the many other peoples with you.

Zephaniah 3:12

I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, and they will find safety in the Lord’s presence.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?