Isaiah 25:5

“Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, &c.] Such as are strangers to God and godliness, to Christ, his Gospel, and truths, to the Spirit and his operations of grace; the clamour and noise of such against true religion, and the professors of it, their persecuting rage and fury, this the Lord in his own time will bring down, and cause to cease, and it shall be heard no more: as the heat in a dry place: which parches the earth, and burns and dries up the grass and fruits of it; to which persecution is compared: [even] the heat with the shadow of a cloud; as that is brought down, and caused to cease by the shadow of a cloud, sheltering from the scorching beams of the sun, and by letting…”

“Translate, "As the heat in a dry land (is brought down by the shadow of a cloud, so) thou shalt bring down the tumult (the shout of triumph over their enemies) of strangers (foreigners); and as the heat by the shadow of the cloud (is brought low), so the branch (the offspring) of the terrible ones shall be brought low." PARKHURST translates the Hebrew for "branch," the exulting song. JEROME translates the last clause, "And as when the heat burns under a cloud, thou shalt make the branch of the terrible ones to wither"; the branch withering even under the friendly shade of a cloud typifies the wicked brought to ruin, not for want of natural means of prosperity, but by the immediate act of…”

“Thou shalt bring down the noise - The tumult; the sound which they make in entering into battle; or the note of triumph, and the sound of revelry. The phrase may refer either to their shout of exultation over their vanquished foes; or to the usual sound of revelry; or to the hum of business in a vast city. Of strangers - Of foreigners (see the note at Isaiah 25:2). As the heat in a dry place - The parallelism here requires that we should suppose the phrase ‘with the shadow of a cloud’ to be supplied in this hemistich, as it is obscurely expressed in our translation by the word ‘even,’ and it would then read thus: As the beat in a dry place (by the shadow of a cloud), The noise of the…”

“The noise - The tumultuous noise, as the word properly signifies; the rage and furious attempts of those Heathen nations that fought against God's people. As the heat - With as much ease as thou dost allay the heat of a dry place, by the shadow of thy clouds, or by the rain which falls from black and shadowy clouds. The branch - The arm or power, as a branch is the arm of a tree. Isaiah 25:6”

“shalt bring: Isa 10:8-15, Isa 10:32-34, Isa 13:11, Isa 14:10-16, Isa 17:12-14, Isa 30:30-33, Isa 49:25, Isa 49:26; Isa 54:15-17, Isa 64:1, Isa 64:2; Psa. 74:3-23, Psa 79:10-12; Jer 50:11-15; Jer 51:38-43, Jer 51:53-57; Eze 32:18-32, Eze 38:9-23, Eze 39:1-10; Dan 7:23-27; Dan 11:36-45; Rev. 16:1-19:21, Rev 20:8, Rev 20:9 as the heat: Isa 18:4, Isa 49:10; Psa 105:39; Jon 4:5, Jon 4:6 branch: Isa 14:19; Job 8:16-19 Isaiah 25:6”