Isaiah 25
12 verses
This hymn of praise celebrates God's deliverance and the fulfillment of His purposes, giving thanks for the destruction of proud cities and the preservation of the poor and needy. The song exalts the Lord for wonderful plans and purposes established long ago, praising His strength and faithfulness in protecting the weak. The vision includes the promise that the Lord will make for all peoples a feast of rich food and well-aged wines, establishing that divine salvation encompasses the material flourishing and joy of all peoples. The oracle announces that God will swallow up death forever and will wipe away tears from all faces, a promise of ultimate eschatological victory over human suffering and mortality. The passage promises that the shame of Judah will be removed and that the people will rejoice in the salvation of the Lord, establishing that both judgment and restoration belong to God's redemptive project. The hymn calls for rejoicing and celebration in the Lord's purposes, inviting the community to recognize and acclaim God's justice and faithfulness. The imagery of the feast, the removal of the veil covering all peoples, and the destruction of death establish that divine salvation is comprehensive, touching all dimensions of human existence and all peoples. This hymn demonstrates that authentic faith produces joy and thanksgiving, and that the ultimate purpose of God's judgment is the establishment of a universal community of blessing and reconciliation. Isaiah 25 encapsulates the theological conviction that God's purposes, though often hidden and mysterious, ultimately lead toward blessing, healing, and universal joy.
VERSES IN THIS CHAPTER
1
O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
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For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
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Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
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For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
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Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
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And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
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And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
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He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
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And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
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For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
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And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
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And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
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