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Praise to the Lord

25 O Lord, You are my God.
    I will exalt You, I will praise Your name,
for You have done wonderful things;
    Your plans formed of old
    are faithfulness and truth.
For You have made a city into a heap,
    a fortified city into a ruin;
a palace of strangers is a city no longer;
    it shall never be built.
Therefore a strong people shall glorify You;
    cities of ruthless nations shall fear You.
For You have been a defense to the poor,
    a defense to the needy in his distress,
a refuge from the storm,
    a shadow from the heat;
for the breath of the ruthless ones
    is as a storm against the wall.
    You bring down the noise of strangers,
as heat in drought;
    as the heat by the shadow of a cloud,
    the song of the ruthless ones shall be brought low.

In this mountain the Lord of Hosts shall prepare
    for all people a lavish feast,
a feast of aged wines,
    choice pieces full of marrow, and refined, aged wines.
He will destroy in this mountain
    the covering which is over all peoples,
even the veil that is spread over all nations.
    He will swallow up death for all time,
and the Lord God will wipe away tears
    from all faces;
and the reproach of His people He shall take away
    from all the earth,
    for the Lord has spoken it.

It shall be said in that day:

Look, this is our God
    for whom we have waited that He might save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
    we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.

10 For in this mountain the hand of the Lord shall rest,
    and Moab shall be trodden down in his place
    as straw is trodden down in the water for the manure pile.
11 He shall spread out his hands in the midst of it,
    as a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim,
yet the Lord shall bring down his pride
    together with the trickery of his hands.
12 The unassailable fortresses of your walls
    He shall bring down, lay low,
and bring to the ground,
    even to the dust.

25 O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, even counsels of old, in faithfulness and truth. For thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. Therefore shall a strong people glorify thee; a city of terrible nations shall fear thee. For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. As the heat in a dry place wilt thou bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the terrible ones shall be brought low.

And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples 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. And he will [a]destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that covereth all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations. He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

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 Jehovah; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. 10 For in this mountain will the hand of Jehovah rest; and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down [b]in the water of the dunghill. 11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst [c]thereof, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim; but Jehovah will lay low [d]his pride [e]together with the craft of [f]his hands. 12 And the high fortress of thy walls [g]hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 25:7 Hebrew swallow up.
  2. Isaiah 25:10 Another reading is, in the dunghill
  3. Isaiah 25:11 Or, of them
  4. Isaiah 25:11 Or, their
  5. Isaiah 25:11 Or, for all the craft
  6. Isaiah 25:11 Or, their
  7. Isaiah 25:12 Or, will he bring down, lay low, and bring etc.