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Isaiah 25
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Isaiah 25
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A Song of Praise to God
25 Lord, you are my God.
I honor you and praise your name,
because you did amazing things.
The words you said long ago are completely true;
everything happened exactly as you said it would.
2 And you destroyed the city that was protected by strong walls.
Now it is only a pile of rocks.
The foreign palace has been destroyed.
It will never be rebuilt.
3 That is why powerful nations will honor you.
Powerful people from strong cities will fear you.
4 You have been a safe place for poor people in trouble.
You are like a shelter from floods and shade from the heat
when powerful men attack.
They are like rain streaming down the walls
that protect us from the storm.
5 Like the heat of summer in a dry land,
the angry shouts of those foreigners brought us to our knees.
But like a thick cloud that blocks the summer heat,
you answered their challenge.
God’s Banquet for His Servants
6 The Lord All-Powerful will give a feast for all the people on this mountain. At the feast, there will be the best foods and wines. The meat will be good and tender, the wine pure and clear.
7 But now there is a veil covering all nations and people. This veil is called “death.” 8 But death will be destroyed forever.[a] And the Lord God will wipe away every tear from every face. In the past, all of his people were sad, but God will take away that sadness from the earth. All of this will happen because the Lord said it would.
9 At that time people will say,
“Here is our God!
He is the one we have been waiting for.
He has come to save us.
We have been waiting for our Lord.
So we will rejoice and be happy when he saves us.”
10 The Lord’s power is on this mountain,
and Moab[b] will be defeated.
The Lord will trample the enemy
like someone walking on straw in a pile of waste.
11 They will reach out their arms to escape
like someone trying to swim.
But their pride will sink
with each stroke they take.
12 He will destroy their high walls and safe places.
He will throw them down into the dust on the ground.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 25:8 But death … forever Some Greek versions have “But death will be swallowed in victory.”
- Isaiah 25:10 Moab Or “the enemy.” This name is like a Hebrew word meaning “enemy.”
Isaiah 25
New International Version
Isaiah 25
New International Version
Praise to the Lord
25 Lord, you are my God;(A)
I will exalt you and praise your name,(B)
for in perfect faithfulness(C)
you have done wonderful things,(D)
things planned(E) long ago.
2 You have made the city a heap of rubble,(F)
the fortified(G) town a ruin,(H)
the foreigners’ stronghold(I) a city no more;
it will never be rebuilt.(J)
3 Therefore strong peoples will honor you;(K)
cities of ruthless(L) nations will revere you.
4 You have been a refuge(M) for the poor,(N)
a refuge for the needy(O) in their distress,
a shelter from the storm(P)
and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless(Q)
is like a storm driving against a wall
5 and like the heat of the desert.
You silence(R) the uproar of foreigners;(S)
as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,
so the song of the ruthless(T) is stilled.
6 On this mountain(U) the Lord Almighty will prepare
a feast(V) of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
the best of meats and the finest of wines.(W)
7 On this mountain he will destroy
the shroud(X) that enfolds all peoples,(Y)
the sheet that covers all nations;
8 he will swallow up death(Z) forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears(AA)
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace(AB)
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.(AC)
9 In that day(AD) they will say,
“Surely this is our God;(AE)
we trusted(AF) in him, and he saved(AG) us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
let us rejoice(AH) and be glad in his salvation.”(AI)
10 The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain;(AJ)
but Moab(AK) will be trampled in their land
as straw is trampled down in the manure.
11 They will stretch out their hands in it,
as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.
God will bring down(AL) their pride(AM)
despite the cleverness[a] of their hands.
12 He will bring down your high fortified walls(AN)
and lay them low;(AO)
he will bring them down to the ground,
to the very dust.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 25:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Isaiah 25
English Standard Version
Isaiah 25
English Standard Version
God Will Swallow Up Death Forever
25 O Lord, (A)you are my God;
(B)I will exalt you; I will praise your name,
for you have done wonderful things,
(C)plans formed of old, faithful and sure.
2 For you have made the city (D)a heap,
the fortified city a ruin;
the foreigners' palace is a city no more;
it will never be rebuilt.
3 (E)Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;
cities of ruthless nations will fear you.
4 (F)For you have been a stronghold to the poor,
a stronghold to the needy in his distress,
(G)a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat;
(H)for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,
5 (I)like heat in a dry place.
You subdue the noise of the foreigners;
as heat by the shade of a cloud,
so the song of the ruthless is put down.
6 (J)On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
(K)of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
7 And he will swallow up (L)on this mountain
the covering that is cast over all peoples,
(M)the veil that is spread over all nations.
8 (N)He will swallow up death forever;
and (O)the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
and (P)the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
(Q)for the Lord has spoken.
9 It will be said on that day,
“Behold, this is our God; (R)we have waited for him, that he might save us.
This is the Lord; we have waited for him;
(S)let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
10 For the hand of the Lord will rest (T)on this mountain,
and (U)Moab shall be trampled down in his place,
as straw is trampled down in a dunghill.[a]
11 (V)And he will spread out his hands in the midst of it
as a swimmer spreads his hands out to swim,
but the Lord (W)will lay low his pompous pride together with the skill[b] of his hands.
12 And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down,
lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 25:10 The Hebrew words for dunghill and for the Moabite town Madmen (Jeremiah 48:2) sound alike
- Isaiah 25:11 Or in spite of the skill
Ésaïe 25
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Ésaïe 25
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Louange à Dieu
25 O Eternel, tu es mon Dieu,
je te glorifierai ╵et je louerai ton nom
car tu as accompli ╵des projets merveilleux,
conçus de longue date, ╵sûrs et fiables.
2 Tu as réduit la ville ╵en un monceau de pierres,
la cité fortifiée, ╵n’est plus que ruine
la citadelle des barbares[a], ╵a cessé d’être une cité
et jamais plus personne ╵ne la rebâtira.
3 Aussi, de puissants peuples ╵t’honoreront
et elle te craindra, ╵la cité des nations ╵qui régnaient en tyrans.
4 Car tu es un refuge ╵pour celui qui est pauvre
et une forteresse ╵pour l’indigent dans sa détresse.
Tu es un sûr abri ╵contre la pluie d’orage
et tu es notre ombrage ╵au temps de la chaleur.
Car la colère ardente des tyrans
ressemble à une pluie d’orage ╵qui bat une muraille
5 ou à de la chaleur ╵dans une terre aride.
Mais toi, tu fais cesser ╵la clameur des barbares ;
comme la chaleur cesse ╵quand un nuage passe,
ainsi tu as mis fin ╵aux chansons des tyrans.
6 Le Seigneur des armées célestes ╵préparera lui-même
pour tous les peuples ╵là, sur cette montagne[b],
un festin de vins vieux,
et de mets succulents,
des mets tout pleins de moelle,
arrosés de vins vieux ╵et dûment clarifiés.
7 Et il déchirera ╵là, sur cette montagne,
le voile de tristesse ╵qui couvre tous les peuples,
la couverture ╵recouvrant toutes les nations.
8 Il fera disparaître ╵la mort à tout jamais.
Et de tous les visages ╵le Seigneur, l’Eternel,
effacera les larmes,
et sur toute la terre[c], ╵il fera disparaître
l’opprobre pesant sur son peuple.
L’Eternel a parlé.
9 Et l’on dira en ce jour-là :
Voyez, c’est notre Dieu
en qui nous espérions,
il nous a délivrés.
Oui, c’est en l’Eternel ╵que nous avons placé ╵notre espérance.
Maintenant, jubilons
et réjouissons-nous ╵puisqu’il nous a sauvés.
10 Car, sur cette montagne, ╵la main de l’Eternel ╵se posera ╵comme une protection.
L’Eternel prend à cœur la cause de son peuple
Mais Moab sera piétiné sur place
tout comme de la paille ╵qu’on foulerait aux pieds ╵dans la fosse à purin.
11 Dans cette fosse immonde, ╵il étendra les mains
comme fait le nageur ;
cependant, l’Eternel ╵abattra son orgueil, ╵malgré tous ses efforts[d].
12 L’Eternel abattra ╵tes murs inaccessibles ╵et fortifiés ;
il les renversera, ╵les jettera à terre ╵jusque dans la poussière.
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