(A)Now the Lord of armies 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 destroy the [e](C)covering which is over all peoples,
The veil which is [f]stretched over all nations.
He will [g](D)swallow up death for all time,
And the Lord [h]God will (E)wipe tears away from all faces,
And He will remove the (F)disgrace of His people from all the earth;
For the Lord has spoken.
And it will be said on that day,
“Behold, (G)this is our God for whom we have (H)waited [i]that (I)He might save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
(J)Let’s rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
10 For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain,
And (K)Moab will be trampled down in his place
As straw is trampled 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 the Lord will (M)lay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands.
12 The (N)unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down,
Lay low, and throw to the ground, to the dust.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 25:6 Lit feast of fat things; i.e., abundance
  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
  7. Isaiah 25:8 I.e., destroy
  8. Isaiah 25:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  9. Isaiah 25:9 Or and He saved us

The Lord of Hosts will prepare a feast(A)
for all the peoples on this mountain[a](B)
a feast of aged wine, choice meat,[b] finely aged wine.
On this mountain
He will destroy the burial shroud,
the shroud over all the peoples,
the sheet covering all the nations;(C)
He will destroy death forever.(D)
The Lord God will wipe away the tears
from every face(E)
and remove His people’s disgrace(F)
from the whole earth,
for the Lord has spoken.

On that day it will be said,
“Look, this is our God;
we have waited for Him, and He has saved us.
This is the Lord; we have waited for Him.
Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”(G)
10 For the Lord’s power will rest on this mountain.

But Moab(H) will be trampled in his place[c]
as straw is trampled in a dung pile.
11 He will spread out his arms in the middle of it,
as a swimmer spreads out his arms to swim.
His pride will be brought low,
along with the trickery of his hands.(I)
12 The high-walled fortress will be brought down,
thrown to the ground, to the dust.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 25:6 = Mount Zion
  2. Isaiah 25:6 Lit wine, fat full of marrow
  3. Isaiah 25:10 Or trampled under Him