Isaiah 25:3 - Exposition

Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee ; rather, strong peoples . God's judgments on the nations specially hostile to him would cause some among the heathen peoples to range themselves on his side. Perhaps Persia is mainly intended (see Isaiah 44:28 ; Isaiah 45:1 , etc.; and comp. Ezra 1:1-4 ; Ezra 6:3-12 , etc.). The city of the terrible nations ; rather, cities of terrible nations . Though the noun is singular, the verb is plural, showing that the word "city" is again used distributively .