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.
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)
Therefore strong peoples will honor you;(K)
    cities of ruthless(L) nations will revere you.
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
    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.

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)
On this mountain he will destroy
    the shroud(X) that enfolds all peoples,(Y)
the sheet that covers all nations;
    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)

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

  1. Isaiah 25:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

先知颂赞主名

25 耶和华啊,你是我的神!我要尊崇你,我要称赞你的名,因为你以忠信诚实行过奇妙的事,成就你古时所定的。

因行惩罚

你使城变为乱堆,使坚固城变为荒场,使外邦人宫殿的城不再为城,永远不再建造。 所以刚强的民必荣耀你,强暴之国的城必敬畏你。 因为当强暴人催逼人的时候,如同暴风直吹墙壁,你就做贫穷人的保障,做困乏人急难中的保障,做躲暴风之处,做避炎热的阴凉。 你要压制外邦人的喧哗,好像干燥地的热气下落;禁止强暴人的凯歌,好像热气被云影消化。

因施丰美

在这山上,万军之耶和华必为万民用肥甘设摆筵席,用陈酒和满髓的肥甘,并澄清的陈酒设摆筵席。 他又必在这山上,除灭遮盖万民之物和遮蔽万国蒙脸的帕子。 他已经吞灭死亡,直到永远,主耶和华必擦去各人脸上的眼泪,又除掉普天下他百姓的羞辱,因为这是耶和华说的。

因赐救恩

到那日,人必说:“看哪,这是我们的神,我们素来等候他,他必拯救我们。这是耶和华,我们素来等候他,我们必因他的救恩欢喜快乐。” 10 耶和华的手必按在这山上。摩押人在所居之地必被践踏,好像干草被践踏在粪池的水中。 11 她必在其中伸开手,好像洑水的伸开手洑水一样,但耶和华必使她的骄傲和她手所行的诡计一并败落。 12 耶和华使你城上的坚固高台倾倒,拆平直到尘埃。