Isa 25:4 | NET2full | STEP | 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 ,

‏ Isaiah 25:4

4 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 ^{▼▼tn Or perhaps, “the violent”; NIV, NRSV “the ruthless.”} is like a winter rainstorm, ^{▼▼tc The Hebrew text has, “like a rainstorm of a wall,” which might be interpreted to mean, “like a rainstorm battering against a wall.” The translation assumes an emendation of קִיר (qir, “wall”) to קֹר (qor, “cold, winter”; cf. Gen 8:22). See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:457, n. 6, for discussion.}