Isaiah 25:3-12

3 ¹Therefore strong peoples will glorify you; cities of ruthless nations will fear you.

4 ²For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, ³a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat; ⁴for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,

5 ⁵like heat in a dry place. You subdue the noise of the foreigners; as heat by the shade of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless is put down.

6 ⁶On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, ⁷of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.

7 And he will swallow up ⁸on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, ⁹the veil that is spread over all nations.

8 ¹⁰He will swallow up death forever; and ¹¹the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and ¹²the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, ¹³for the LORD has spoken.

9 It will be said on that day, "Behold, this is our God; ¹⁴we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; ¹⁵let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation."

10 For the hand of the LORD will rest ¹⁶on this mountain, and ¹⁷Moab shall be trampled down in his place, as straw is trampled down in a dunghill.^[a]

11 ¹⁸And he will spread out his hands in the midst of it as a swimmer spreads his hands out to swim, but the LORD ¹⁹ will lay low his pompous pride together with the skill^[b] of his hands.

12 And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down, lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.

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Isaiah 25:3-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 25

This chapter contains a thanksgiving, or a triumphant song, upon the destruction of antichrist, and the antichristian states, for benefits and blessings bestowed upon the church, and for the setting up of the glorious kingdom of Christ in the Jerusalem state. It begins with a form of praise, and the reason of it in general, Isa 25:1 the particular instances of wonderful things are, the ruin of a certain city described, Isa 25:2 which will issue in the fear and glory of God, Isa 25:3 the great appearance of the Lord for his poor people, in being strength, refuge, and a shadow to them, Isa 25:4,5 a rich feast made for them, Isa 25:6 the removal of the veil from all people, Isa 25:7 the abolition of death, and every affliction, Isa 25:8 the personal appearance of Christ unto salvation, Isa 25:9 the protection of the church, and the certain and utter destruction of her enemies, under the name of Moab, Isa 25:10-12

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 19

1. [Isaiah 18:7]
2. Nahum 1:7
3. Isaiah 4:6
4. [2 Chronicles 32:18]
5. [Isaiah 32:2]
6. Isaiah 2:2, 3; Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 24:23
7. [Psalms 63:5]
8. [See ver. 6 above]
9. [2 Corinthians 3:15]
10. Cited 1 Corinthians 15:54; [Hosea 13:14]
11. Revelation 7:17; [Isaiah 30:19]
12. [Isaiah 37:4]
13. See Isaiah 1:20
14. Isaiah 26:8; [Genesis 49:18; Psalms 27:14]
15. Psalms 9:14
16. [See ver. 6 above]
17. See Isaiah 15:1
18. [Isaiah 16:12]
19. [Isaiah 16:14]

Footnotes 2

[a]. The Hebrew words for dunghill and for the Moabite town Madmen (Jeremiah 48:2) sound alike
[b]. Or in spite of the skill

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