Isaiah 25
25
God Will Swallow Up Death Forever
1O Lord, #Ex. 15:2 you are my God;
# [Ps. 107:32] I will exalt you; I will praise your name,
for you have done wonderful things,
# [2 Kgs. 19:25] plans formed of old, faithful and sure.
2For you have made the city #[ch. 17:1; Jer. 51:37]a heap,
the fortified city a ruin;
the foreigners’ palace is a city no more;
it will never be rebuilt.
3 # [ch. 18:7] Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;
cities of ruthless nations will fear you.
4 #
Nah. 1:7 For you have been a stronghold to the poor,
a stronghold to the needy in his distress,
# ch. 4:6 a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat;
# [2 Chr. 32:18] for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,
5 # [ch. 32:2] like heat in a dry place.
You subdue the noise of the foreigners;
as heat by the shade of a cloud,
so the song of the ruthless is put down.
6 # ch. 2:2, 3; 11:9; 24:23 On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
# [Ps. 63:5] of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
7And he will swallow up #[See ver. 6 above] on this mountain
the covering that is cast over all peoples,
# [2 Cor. 3:15] the veil that is spread over all nations.
8 # Cited 1 Cor. 15:54; [Hos. 13:14] He will swallow up death forever;
and #Rev. 7:17; [ch. 30:19] the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
and #[ch. 37:4] the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
# See ch. 1:20 for the Lord has spoken.
9It will be said on that day,
“Behold, this is our God; #ch. 26:8; [Gen. 49:18; Ps. 27:14] we have waited for him, that he might save us.
This is the Lord; we have waited for him;
#
Ps. 9:14
let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
10For the hand of the Lord will rest #[See ver. 6 above] on this mountain,
and #See ch. 15:1Moab shall be trampled down in his place,
as straw is trampled down in a dunghill.#25:10 The Hebrew words for dunghill and for the Moabite town Madmen (Jeremiah 48:2) sound alike
11 # [ch. 16:12] And he will spread out his hands in the midst of it
as a swimmer spreads his hands out to swim,
but the Lord #[ch. 16:14]will lay low his pompous pride together with the skill#25:11 Or in spite of the skill of his hands.
12And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down,
lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.
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Isaiah 25
25
A Prayer of Thanks to God
1You, Lord, are my God!
I will praise you
for doing the wonderful things
you had planned and promised
since ancient times.
2You have destroyed the fortress
of our enemies,
leaving their city in ruins.
Nothing in that foreign city
will ever be rebuilt.
3Now strong and cruel nations
will fear and honor you.
4You have been a place of safety
for the poor and needy
in times of trouble.
Brutal enemies pounded us
like a heavy rain
or the heat of the sun at noon,
but you were our shelter.
5Those wild foreigners struck
like scorching desert heat.
But you were like a cloud,
protecting us from the sun.
You kept our enemies from singing
songs of victory.
The Lord Has Saved Us
6On this mountain
the Lord All-Powerful
will prepare for all nations
a feast of the finest foods.
Choice wines and the best meats
will be served.
7Here the Lord will strip away
the burial clothes
that cover the nations.
8 #
1 Co 15.54;
Rev 7.17; 21.4. The Lord All-Powerful
will destroy the power of death
and wipe away all tears.
No longer will his people
be insulted everywhere.
The Lord has spoken!
9At that time, people will say,
“The Lord has saved us!
Let's celebrate.
We waited and hoped—
now our God is here.”
10 #
Is 15.1—16.14; Jr 48.1-47; Ez 25.8-11; Am 2.1-3; Zep 2.8-11. The powerful arm of the Lord
will protect this mountain.
The Moabites will be put down
and trampled on like straw
in a pit of manure.
11They will struggle to get out,
but God will humiliate them
no matter how hard they try.#25.11 no matter … try: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
12The walls of their fortresses
will be knocked down
and scattered in the dirt.
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