Isaiah 25

1O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

2For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

3Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.

4For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

5Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.

6And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

7And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.footnote afootnote b

8He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

9And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

10For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.footnote cfootnote d

11And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.

12And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

Praise to the Victorious God

1O LORD, You are my God!I will exalt You;I will praise Your name.For You have worked wonders—plans formed long ago—in perfect faithfulness. 2Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble,the fortified town a ruin.The fortress of strangers is a city no more;it will never be rebuilt. 3Therefore, a strong people will honor You.The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.

4For You have been a refuge for the poor,a stronghold for the needy in distress,a refuge from the storm,a shade from the heat.For the breath of the ruthlessis like rain against a wall, 5like heat in a dry land.You subdue the uproar of foreigners.As the shade of a cloud cools the heat,so the song of the ruthless is silenced.

6On this mountain the LORD of Hostswill prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples,a feast of aged wine, of choice meat,of finely aged wine. 7On this mountain He will swallow upthe shroud that enfolds all peoples,the sheet that covers all nations; 8He will swallow up death forever.footnote aThe Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every facefootnote band remove the disgrace of His peoplefrom the whole earth.For the LORD has spoken. 9And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God;we have waited for Him, and He has saved us.This is the LORD for whom we have waited.Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

10For the hand of the LORDwill rest on this mountain.But Moab will be trampled in his placeas straw is trodden into the dung pile. 11He will spread out his hands within it,as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim.His pride will be brought low,despitefootnote cthe skill of his hands. 12The high-walled fortress will be brought down,cast to the ground, into the dust.