Isaiah 25

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Praise to the Victorious God

¹O LORD, You are my God!

I will exalt You;

I will praise Your name.

For You have worked wonders—

plans formed long ago—

in perfect faithfulness.

¹O YHWH, You are my God! I will exalt You. I will praise Your name, for You have done a wonderful thing, counsel of old, in steadfast faithfulness.

²Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble,

the fortified town a ruin.

The fortress of strangers is a city no more;

it will never be rebuilt.

²For You have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin, a fortress of strangers from a city—forever it will never be rebuilt!

³Therefore, a strong people will honor You.

The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.

³Upon thus a strong people will honor You; a city of ruthless nations will fear you.

⁴For You have been a refuge for the poor,

a stronghold for the needy in distress,

a refuge from the storm,

a shade from the heat.

For the breath of the ruthless

is like rain against a wall,

⁴For You have been a stronghold for the poor, a stronghold for the needy one in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat—for the breath of the ruthless ones is like a storm against a wall,

⁵like heat in a dry land.

You subdue the uproar of foreigners.

As the shade of a cloud cools the heat,

so the song of the ruthless is silenced.

⁵like heat in a dry land, the roar of strangers You humble—the heat in the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless ones will be brought low.

⁶On this mountain the LORD of Hosts

will prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples,

a feast of aged wine, of choice meat,

of finely aged wine.

⁶And YHWH of Hosts will make on this on the mountain for all the peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of aged wines—fat things full of marrow, aged wines well-refined.

⁷On this mountain He will swallow up

the shroud that enfolds all peoples,

the sheet that covers all nations;

⁷And He will swallow up on this mountain the face of the wrapping covering over all the peoples, and the veil woven over all the nations.

⁸He will swallow up death forever.^a

The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face^b

and remove the disgrace of His people

from the whole earth.

For the LORD has spoken.

⁸He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord YHWH will wipe away the tear from all faces, and He will turn away the scorn of His people from all the earth. For YHWH has spoken.

⁹And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God;

we have waited for Him, and He has saved us.

This is the LORD for whom we have waited.

Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

⁹And one will say on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him and He has saved us. This is YHWH; we have waited for Him—let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation!”

¹⁰For the hand of the LORD

will rest on this mountain.

But Moab will be trampled in his place

as straw is trodden into the dung pile.

¹⁰For the hand of YHWH will rest on this mountain, and Moab will be trampled down under Him as is trampled down straw in the waters of dung.

¹¹He will spread out his hands within it,

as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim.

His pride will be brought low,

despite^a the skill of his hands.

¹¹And He will spread out His hands within it, as the swimmer spreads out to swim, and He will bring low its pride with the skill of his hands.

¹²The high-walled fortress will be brought down,

cast to the ground, into the dust.

¹²And the fortress of the high place of your walls He will bend down—He will bring it low, touching it down to the ground, into dust!