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he will swallow up death permanently.[a]
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face,
and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth.
Indeed, the Lord has announced it![b]
At that time they will say,[c]
“Look, here[d] is our God!
We waited for him, and he delivered us.
Here[e] is the Lord! We waited for him.
Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 25:8 sn The image of the Lord “swallowing” death would be especially powerful, for death was viewed in Canaanite mythology and culture as a hungry enemy that swallows its victims. See the note at 5:14.
  2. Isaiah 25:8 tn Heb “has spoken” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
  3. Isaiah 25:9 tn Heb “and one will say in that day.”
  4. Isaiah 25:9 tn Heb “this [one].”
  5. Isaiah 25:9 tn Heb “this [one].”