Isaiah 25:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The noise; the tumultuous noise, as the word properly signifies, which he called their blast in the foregoing verse; by which he means their rage and furious attempts, which are commonly managed with much noise and clamour. Of strangers; of those strange and heathen nations that fought against God's people. Even the heat with the shadow of a cloud; with as much ease as thou dost in the course of thy common providence allay the heat of a dry season and place, either by the shadow of thy clouds, or by the rain which falleth from black and shadowy clouds. The branch; the arm or power, as a branch is the arm of a tree. Or, the prince or commanders; for the word branch is sometimes put for a person of eminent place and power, as Psalms 80:15 Isaiah 4:2 Malachi 3:8, Malachi 6:12. But others render the word, the song, as it is used, Song of Solomon 2:12, their jovial and triumphant song.