Isaiah 25
New American Standard Bible
Song of Praise for God’s Favor
25 Lord, You are (A)my God;
I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name;
For You have (B)worked wonders,
(C)Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
2 For You have turned a city into a (D)heap,
A (E)fortified city into a ruin;
A (F)palace of strangers is no longer a city,
It will never be rebuilt.
3 Therefore a strong people will (G)glorify You;
(H)Cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
4 For You have been a (I)stronghold for the helpless,
A stronghold for the poor in his distress,
A (J)refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat;
For the breath of the (K)ruthless
Is like a rain storm against a wall.
5 Like heat in a dry land, You subdue the (L)uproar of foreigners;
Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is [a]silenced.
6 (M)Now the Lord of armies will prepare a [b]lavish banquet for (N)all peoples on this mountain;
A banquet of [c]aged wine, [d]choice pieces with marrow,
And [e]refined, aged wine.
7 And on this mountain He will destroy the [f](O)covering which is over all peoples,
The veil which is [g]stretched over all nations.
8 He will [h](P)swallow up death for all time,
And the Lord [i]God will (Q)wipe tears away from all faces,
And He will remove the (R)disgrace of His people from all the earth;
For the Lord has spoken.
9 And it will be said on that day,
“Behold, (S)this is our God for whom we have (T)waited [j]that (U)He might save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
(V)Let’s rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
10 For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain,
And (W)Moab will be trampled down in his place
As straw is trampled down in the water of a manure pile.
11 And he will (X)spread out his hands in the middle of it
As a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim,
But the Lord will (Y)lay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands.
12 The (Z)unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down,
Lay low, and throw to the ground, to the dust.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 25:5 Lit humbled
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit feast of fat things; i.e., abundance
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit wine on the lees
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit fat pieces
- Isaiah 25:6 Lit wine refined on the lees
- Isaiah 25:7 Lit face of the covering
- Isaiah 25:7 Lit woven
- Isaiah 25:8 I.e., destroy
- Isaiah 25:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 25:9 Or and He saved us
Isaiah 25
International Standard Version
Praise to the Victorious God
25 Lord, you are my God;
I will exalt you and praise your name,
for you have done marvelous things,
plans made long ago in faithfulness and truth.
2 For you have made the city a heap of rubble,
the fortified city into a ruin;
the foreigners’ citadel[a] is no longer a city—
it will never be rebuilt!
3 Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;
cities of ruthless nations will revere you.
4 For you have been a stronghold for the poor,
a stronghold for the needy in distress,
a shelter from the storm
and a shade from the heat—
for the blistering attack[b] from the ruthless
is like a rainstorm beating against a wall,
5 and the noise of foreigners is like the heat of the desert.
Just as you subdue heat by the shade of clouds,
so the victory songs of violent men will be stilled.
Celebration of the Righteous
6 “On this mountain,[c] the Lord of the Heavenly Armies will prepare for all peoples
a banquet of rich food,
a banquet of well-aged wines—
rich food full of marrow,
and refined wines of the finest[d] vintage
7 And on this mountain,[e] he will swallow up
the burial[f] shroud that enfolds all peoples,
the veil that is spread over all nations—
8 he has swallowed up[g] death forever!
Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,
and he will take away the disgrace of his people
from the entire earth.”
for the Lord has spoken.
9 “And you[h] will say at that time,[i]
‘Look! It’s the Lord![j] This is our God!
We waited for him,
and he saved us.
This is the Lord!
We waited for him,
so let us rejoice,
and we will[k] be glad that he has saved us.”
The Misery of Moab
10 For the Lord’s power[l] will rest on this mountain,[m]
but the Moabites will be trodden down beneath him,
just as straw is trodden down
in the slime of[n] a manure pit.
11 They will spread out their hands in the thick of it,
just as swimmers spread out their hands to swim,
but the Lord will bring down their pride,
together with the cleverness of their hands.
12 He brings down the high fortifications of your walls
and lays them low;
he will raze them[o] to the ground,
right down to the dust.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 25:2 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss LXX read citadel of arrogant people
- Isaiah 25:4 1QIsaa MT lack attack
- Isaiah 25:6 I.e. Mount Zion; cf. 24:23
- Isaiah 25:6 1QIsaa MT lack the finest
- Isaiah 25:7 I.e. Mount Zion; cf. 24:23
- Isaiah 25:7 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks burial
- Isaiah 25:8 So 1QIsaa MTms; MT reads And he will swallow up; cf. LXX Syr Theodotian 1Cor 15:54
- Isaiah 25:9 So 1QIsaa Syriac; 4QIsac MT read he; LXX reads they
- Isaiah 25:9 Lit. say on that day
- Isaiah 25:9 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack It’s the Lord
- Isaiah 25:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and let us
- Isaiah 25:10 Lit. hand
- Isaiah 25:10 I.e. Mount Zion; cf. 24:23
- Isaiah 25:10 Lit. in the water of; so 1QIsaa MT; MTqere reads in; LXX reads in wagons
- Isaiah 25:12 Or reach; so 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT read he casts them
Isaiah 25
King James Version
25 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.
2 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.
3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
4 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.
5 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.
6 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.
7 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.
8 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.
9 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.
10 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.
11 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.
12 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.
Isaia 25
Nuova Riveduta 2006
Lode al Signore
25 (A)Signore, tu sei il mio Dio; io ti esalterò, loderò il tuo nome, perché hai fatto cose meravigliose; i tuoi disegni, concepiti da tempo, sono fedeli e stabili.
2 Poiché tu hai ridotto la città[a] in un mucchio di pietre, la città forte in un monte di rovine; il castello degli stranieri non è più una città, non sarà mai più ricostruito.
3 Perciò il popolo forte ti glorifica, le città delle nazioni possenti ti temono,
4 perché tu sei stato una fortezza per il povero, una fortezza per l’indifeso nella sua angoscia, un rifugio contro la tempesta, un’ombra contro l’arsura; poiché il soffio dei tiranni era come una tempesta che batte la muraglia.
5 Come il calore è domato in una terra arida, così tu hai domato il tumulto degli stranieri; come il calore è diminuito dall’ombra di una nuvola, così il canto dei tiranni è stato attenuato.
6 (B)Il Signore degli eserciti preparerà per tutti i popoli su questo monte un convito di cibi succulenti, un convito di vini vecchi, di cibi pieni di midollo, di vini vecchi raffinati.
7 Distruggerà su quel monte il velo che copre la faccia di tutti i popoli e la coperta stesa su tutte le nazioni.
8 Annienterà per sempre la morte; il Signore, Dio, asciugherà le lacrime da ogni viso, toglierà via da tutta la terra la vergogna del suo popolo, perché il Signore ha parlato.
9 In quel giorno si dirà: «Ecco, questo è il nostro Dio; in lui abbiamo sperato ed egli ci ha salvati. Questo è il Signore in cui abbiamo sperato; esultiamo, rallegriamoci per la sua salvezza!»
10 Infatti la mano del Signore riposerà su questo monte, mentre Moab sarà trebbiato sulla sua terra come si pigia la paglia nel letamaio.
11 Dal letamaio egli stenderà le mani come le stende il nuotatore per nuotare, ma il Signore farà cadere la sua superbia con le trame che ha ordite.
12 Demolirà l’alta fortezza delle tue mura, l’abbatterà fin nella polvere.
Footnotes
- Isaia 25:2 La città, cioè Babilonia.
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