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In Jerusalem,[a] the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
    will spread a wonderful feast
    for all the people of the world.
It will be a delicious banquet
    with clear, well-aged wine and choice meat.
There he will remove the cloud of gloom,
    the shadow of death that hangs over the earth.
He will swallow up death forever!
    The Sovereign Lord will wipe away all tears.
He will remove forever all insults and mockery
    against his land and people.
    The Lord has spoken!

In that day the people will proclaim,
“This is our God!
    We trusted in him, and he saved us!
This is the Lord, in whom we trusted.
    Let us rejoice in the salvation he brings!”
10 For the Lord’s hand of blessing will rest on Jerusalem.
    But Moab will be crushed.
    It will be like straw trampled down and left to rot.
11 God will push down Moab’s people
    as a swimmer pushes down water with his hands.
He will end their pride
    and all their evil works.
12 The high walls of Moab will be demolished.
    They will be brought down to the ground,
    down into the dust.

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  1. 25:6 Hebrew On this mountain; also in 25:10.

(A)And Yahweh of hosts will prepare a [a]lavish banquet for (B)all peoples on this mountain;
A banquet of [b]aged wine, [c]choice pieces with marrow,
And [d]refined, aged wine.
And on this mountain He will swallow up the [e](C)covering which is over all peoples,
Even the veil which is [f]stretched over all nations.
He will (D)swallow up death for all time,
And Lord Yahweh will (E)wipe tears away from all faces,
And He will remove the (F)reproach of His people from all the earth;
For Yahweh has spoken.
And it will be said in that day,
“Behold, (G)this is our God in whom we have (H)hoped that (I)He would save us.
This is Yahweh in whom we have hoped;
(J)Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
10 For the hand of Yahweh will rest on this mountain,
And (K)Moab will be trodden down in his place
As straw is trodden down in the water of a manure pile.
11 And he will (L)spread out his hands in the middle of it
As a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim,
But Yahweh will (M)lay low his lofty pride together with the trickery of his hands.
12 The (N)unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down,
Lay low, and cast to the ground, even to the dust.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 25:6 Abundance; lit feast of fat things
  2. Isaiah 25:6 Lit wine on the lees
  3. Isaiah 25:6 Lit fat pieces
  4. Isaiah 25:6 Lit wine refined on the lees
  5. Isaiah 25:7 Lit face of the covering
  6. Isaiah 25:7 Lit woven