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25 Therefore Yahweh’s wrath was kindled[a] against his people,
    and he stretched out his hand against them[b] and struck them,[c]
and the mountains quaked,
    and their corpses[d] were like refuse in the middle of the streets.

Yahweh’s Outstretched Hand

In all of this his anger has not turned back,
    and still his hand is stretched out.
26 And he will raise a signal for a nation[e] from afar,
and he will whistle for it from the end of the earth.
And look! It comes quickly, swiftly!
27 None is weary,
    and none among him stumbles;
    none slumbers and none sleeps.
And no loincloth on his waist is opened,
    and no thong of his sandals is drawn away.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:25 Literally “the anger of Yahweh became hot”
  2. Isaiah 5:25 Hebrew “it”
  3. Isaiah 5:25 Hebrew “it”
  4. Isaiah 5:25 Hebrew “corpse”
  5. Isaiah 5:26 The Hebrew is plural, but the following verses refer to the nation as singular

25 Therefore the Lord’s anger(A) burns against his people;
    his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,(B)
    and the dead bodies(C) are like refuse(D) in the streets.(E)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(F)
    his hand is still upraised.(G)

26 He lifts up a banner(H) for the distant nations,
    he whistles(I) for those at the ends of the earth.(J)
Here they come,
    swiftly and speedily!
27 Not one of them grows tired(K) or stumbles,
    not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt(L) is loosened at the waist,(M)
    not a sandal strap is broken.(N)

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