Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 5:25

"Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still." — Isaiah 5:25 (ASV)

The hills did tremble. —We again trace the influence of the earthquake which was still fresh in the memories of people. (See Note on Isaiah 2:10.)

Their carcases were torn. —Better, were as sweepings, or, as refuse. The words may point either to pestilence, war, or famine. The stress laid on scarcity in Isaiah 5:10 makes it probable that the last was prominent in the prophet’s mind.

For all this his anger is not turned away. —This same formula meets us in Isaiah 9:12, Isaiah 9:21, Isaiah 10:4, and Isaiah 14:27, with a solemn, knell-like iteration. It bids the people remember after each woe that this is not all. They do not yet see the end of the chastisement through which God is leading them.

The phrase “For all this” may mean:

1. Because of all the sins, or
2. Notwithstanding all the punishment already inflicted. (Compare Leviticus 26:18, 23.)