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Isaías 65:25
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El lobo y el cordero pacerán juntos, y el león, como el buey, comerá paja, y para la serpiente el polvo será su alimento. No harán mal ni dañarán en todo mi santo monte —dice el Señor .
El lobo y el cordero ser�n apacentados juntos, y el le�n comer� paja como el buey; y � la serpiente el polvo ser� su comida. No afligir�n, ni har�n mal en todo mi santo monte, dijo Jehov�.
El lobo y el cordero ser�n apacentados juntos, y el le�n comer� paja como el buey; y a la serpiente el polvo ser� su comida; no afligir�n, ni har�n mal en todo mi santo monte, dijo el SE�OR.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
wolf: Isaiah 11:6-9, Isaiah 35:9, Acts 9:1, Acts 9:19-21, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Titus 3:3-7
dust: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:15, Romans 16:20, Revelation 12:7-9, Revelation 20:2, Revelation 20:3
shall not: Isaiah 2:4, Isaiah 11:9, Micah 4:3
my: Isaiah 65:11, Ezekiel 43:11, Zechariah 8:3, Zechariah 14:20, Zechariah 14:21, Revelation 14:1
Reciprocal: Genesis 7:9 - General Leviticus 11:42 - goeth upon the belly Deuteronomy 32:24 - serpents Job 5:22 - afraid Psalms 119:25 - soul Isaiah 27:1 - crooked Isaiah 57:13 - my holy Isaiah 66:20 - my holy Hosea 2:18 - will I Micah 7:17 - lick Acts 10:12 - General Revelation 12:9 - that
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,.... Or, "as one" k: as if they were one, of the same kind and nature, and lived upon the same food. The people of God are comparable to lambs, for their harmlessness and innocence; and wicked men to wolves, for their fierceness and cruelty; but, by the grace of God, the latter become as mild and as gentle as the former, and live upon the same spiritual food, and join with them in attendance on the word and ordinances, where they find spiritual refreshment and comfort together; such who have been persecutors of the church shall now become members of it; and many instances of this kind, as there were in the first times of the Gospel, so there shall be in the latter day:
and the lions shall eat straw like the bullock, or "ox"; to which creature the ministers of the Gospel are compared for their laboriousness, as wicked persecutors are to lions; and sometimes the latter have been so changed by the grace of God, as to become preachers of it, as Saul was, and very probably many will hereafter; however, there will be no persecution of the church after those days; wolves and lions will have their nature changed, and be in fellowship with the saints, and be better employed than before in persecuting them:
and dust shall be the serpent's meat; the meat of the old serpent, the devil, as was threatened, Genesis 3:14 to which he shall now be confined; he shall not be able to bite the saints, being bruised under their feet; he shall only have power over carnal, worldly, earthly minded men; and shall not be able to give the church any trouble, by instigating men to persecute it:
they shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord; that is, Satan and his emissaries; wicked men, comparable to lions and wolves, shall no more drink the blood of the saints, or persecute the church of God; after the calling of the Jews, and the bringing in the fulness of the Gentiles, and the destruction of antichrist, there will be no more persecution of the church of Christ, the mountain of God's holiness; he has said it, and we may be assured of the truth of it; Genesis 3:14- :.
(This verse may also apply to the Millenial state, in which the effects of the curse on the animals is to be removed. However, from this verse it seems that the curse on snakes is permanent. Editor.)
k כאחד "sicut unus", Montanus, Musculus, Gataker.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together - (See the notes at Isaiah 11:0.)
And the lion shall eat straw - Shall eat hay or provender like the ox. The food of the lion now is flesh. Changes shall take place as great as if his nature were changed, and he should graze with the herds of the field. See a full illustration of this sentiment from the classic writors in the notes at Isaiah 11:6.
Like the bullock - Or the ox - the cattle that herd together - for so the Hebrew word (בקר bâqâr) means. The word may be app ied to a bullock, an ox, or a cow.
And dust shall be the serpent’s meat - There is evidently here an allusion to the sentence pronounced on the serpent in Genesis 3:14. The meaning of the declaration here is, probably, that dust should continue to be the food of the serpent. The sentence on him should be perpetual. He should not be injurious to man - either by tempting him again, or by the venom of his fangs. The state of security would be as great under the Messiah as if the most deadly and poisonous kinds of reptiles should become wholly innoxious, and should not attempt to prey upon people. It is to be remembered that many of the serpent kind included under the general word used here (נחשׁ nāchâsh), were dangerous to people; and indeed a large portion of them are deadly in their bite. But in future times there will be a state of security as great as if the whole serpent tribe were innocuous and should live on the dust alone. There can be no doubt that the prophet means here to describe the passions and evil propensities of people, which have a strong resemblance to the ferocity of the wolf, or the lion, and the deadly poison of the serpent, and to say that those passions would be subdued, and that peace and concord would prevail on the earth (see the notes at Isaiah 11:8).
They shall not hurt nor destroy - See this explained in the notes at Isaiah 11:9. All this is partially realized wherever the gospel prevails, but it will be more fully realized when that gospel shall exert its full power and shall be spread around the world.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 65:25. The wolf and the lamb, c. — 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.
