> [[isaiah-24|← Previous]] | [[isaiah-00|TOC]] | [[isaiah-26|Next →]] --- # Isaiah, Chapter 25 ## Chapter 25 ### Praise for God’s Deliverance and the Celebration in Zion 1 O LORD, you are my God, ^isaiah-25-1 I extol you, I praise your name; For you have carried out your wonderful plans of old, faithful and true. 2 For you have made the city a heap, ^isaiah-25-2 the fortified city a ruin, The castle of the insolent, a city no more, not ever to be rebuilt. 3 Therefore a strong people will honor you, ^isaiah-25-3 ruthless nations will fear you. 4 For you have been a refuge to the poor, ^isaiah-25-4 a refuge to the needy in their distress; Shelter from the rain, shade from the heat. When the blast of the ruthless was like a winter rain, 5 the roar of strangers like heat in the desert, ^isaiah-25-5 You subdued the heat with the shade of a cloud, the rain of the tyrants was vanquished. 6 On this mountain the LORD of hosts ^isaiah-25-6 will provide for all peoples A feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines. 7 On this mountain he will destroy ^isaiah-25-7 the veil that veils all peoples, The web that is woven over all nations. 8 He will destroy death forever. ^isaiah-25-8 The Lord G OD will wipe away the tears from all faces; The reproach of his people he will remove from the whole earth; for the LORD has spoken. 9 On that day it will be said: ^isaiah-25-9 “Indeed, this is our God; we looked to him, and he saved us! This is the LORD to whom we looked; let us rejoice and be glad that he has saved us!” ### Judgment on Moab 10 For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain, ^isaiah-25-10 but Moab will be trodden down as straw is trodden down in the mire. 11 He will spread out his hands in its midst, ^isaiah-25-11 as a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim; His pride will be brought low despite his strokes. 12 The high-walled fortress he will raze, ^isaiah-25-12 bringing it low, leveling it to the ground, to the very dust. \* (25:1] – [9) These verses praise God for carrying out his plan to destroy the enemy and to save the poor of his people in Zion ([14:32]), and they announce the victory banquet to be celebrated in the Lord’s city. \* (25:6) This mountain: i.e., Jerusalem’s mountain, Zion. \* (25:10] – [12) Moab: one of Israel’s bitterest enemies. a. (25:1) [[isaiah-12|Is 12]]:1, [4]; [22:11]; [28:29]; [37:26]. b. (25:2) [[isaiah-17|Is 17]]:1; [Jer 51:37]. c. (25:4) [[isaiah-14|Is 14]]:32; [32:2]; [Na 1:7]. d. (25:8) [Is 60:1], [3]; [1 Cor 15:53] – [55]; ([[revelation-07|Rv 7]]:17]; [21:4]. e. (25:9) [Is 30:18] – [19]. f. (25:10) [Zep 2:9] – [10]. g. (25:11) [[isaiah-16|Is 16]]:6 – [7], [14]. h. (25:12) [Is 26:5]. --- _New American Bible, revised edition_ (2010, 1991, 1986, 1970) Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. > [[isaiah-24|← Previous]] | [[isaiah-00|TOC]] | [[isaiah-26|Next →]]