Isaiah 25:1-12

  • Rich blessings on God’s people (1-12)

    • Jehovah’s banquet of fine wine (6)

    • No more death (8)

25  O Jehovah, you are my God. I exalt you, I praise your name,For you have done wonderful things,+Things purposed* from ancient times,+In faithfulness,+ in trustworthiness.  2  For you have turned a city into a pile of stones,A fortified town into a crumbling ruin. The foreigner’s tower is a city no more;It will never be rebuilt.  3  That is why a strong people will glorify you;The city of tyrannical nations will fear you.+  4  For you have become a stronghold to the lowly,A stronghold to the poor in his distress,+A refuge from the rainstorm,And a shade from the heat.+ When the blast of the tyrants is like a rainstorm against a wall,  5  As the heat in a parched land,You subdue the uproar of strangers. Like heat is subdued by the shadow of a cloud,So the song of the tyrants is silenced.  6  In this mountain+ Jehovah of armies will make for all the peoplesA banquet of rich dishes,+A banquet of fine wine,*Of rich dishes filled with marrow,Of fine, filtered wine.  7  In this mountain he will do away with* the shroud that is enveloping all the peoplesAnd the covering* that is woven over all the nations.  8  He will swallow up* death forever,+And the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will wipe away the tears from all faces.+ The reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,For Jehovah himself has spoken it.  9  In that day they will say: “Look! This is our God!+ We have hoped in him,+And he will save us.+ This is Jehovah! We have hoped in him. Let us be joyful and rejoice in the salvation by him.”+ 10  For the hand of Jehovah will rest on this mountain,+And Moʹab will be trampled on in its place+Like straw trampled into a pile of manure. 11  He will slap out his hands into itLike a swimmer slapping out his hands to swim,And he will bring down its haughtiness+With the skillful movements of his hands. 12  And the fortified city, with your high walls of security,He will bring down;He will knock it down to the ground, to the very dust.

Footnotes

Or “Counsels.”
Or “of wine kept on the dregs.”
Lit., “swallow up.”
Or “veil.”
Or “do away with.”