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In this mountain, Yahweh of Armies will make all peoples a feast of choice meat,[a] a feast of choice wines, of choice meat full of marrow, of well refined choice wines. He will destroy in this mountain the surface of the covering that covers all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations. He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.

It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!” 10 For Yahweh’s hand will rest in this mountain.

Moab will be trodden down in his place, even like straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill. 11 He will spread out his hands in the middle of it, like one who swims spreads out hands to swim, but his pride will be humbled together with the craft of his hands. 12 He has brought the high fortress of your walls down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

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Footnotes

  1. 25:6 literally, fat things

Celebration of the Righteous

“On this mountain,[a] 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[b] vintage
And on this mountain,[c] he will swallow up
    the burial[d] shroud that enfolds all peoples,
the veil that is spread over all nations—
he has swallowed up[e] 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.

“And you[f] will say at that time,[g]
    ‘Look! It’s the Lord![h] 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[i] be glad that he has saved us.”

The Misery of Moab

10 For the Lord’s power[j] will rest on this mountain,[k]
    but the Moabites will be trodden down beneath him,
just as straw is trodden down
    in the slime of[l] 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[m] to the ground,
    right down to the dust.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 25:6 I.e. Mount Zion; cf. 24:23
  2. Isaiah 25:6 1QIsaa MT lack the finest
  3. Isaiah 25:7 I.e. Mount Zion; cf. 24:23
  4. Isaiah 25:7 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks burial
  5. Isaiah 25:8 So 1QIsaa MTms; MT reads And he will swallow up; cf. LXX Syr Theodotian 1Cor 15:54
  6. Isaiah 25:9 So 1QIsaa Syriac; 4QIsac MT read he; LXX reads they
  7. Isaiah 25:9 Lit. say on that day
  8. Isaiah 25:9 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack It’s the Lord
  9. Isaiah 25:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and let us
  10. Isaiah 25:10 Lit. hand
  11. Isaiah 25:10 I.e. Mount Zion; cf. 24:23
  12. Isaiah 25:10 Lit. in the water of; so 1QIsaa MT; MTqere reads in; LXX reads in wagons
  13. Isaiah 25:12 Or reach; so 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT read he casts them