Isaiah 25:2-12 (New International Version)
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You have made the city a heap of rubble,1 the fortified2 town a ruin,3 the foreigners' stronghold4 a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.5
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Therefore strong peoples will honor you;6 cities of ruthless7 nations will revere you.
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You have been a refuge8 for the poor,9 a refuge for the needy10 in his distress, a shelter from the storm11 and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless12 is like a storm driving against a wall
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and like the heat of the desert. You silence13 the uproar of foreigners;14 as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless15 is stilled.
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On this mountain16 the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast17 of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine-- the best of meats and the finest of wines.18
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On this mountain he will destroy the shroud19 that enfolds all peoples,20 the sheet that covers all nations;
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he will swallow up death21 forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears22 from all faces; he will remove the disgrace23 of his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken.24
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In that day25 they will say, "Surely this is our God;26 we trusted27 in him, and he saved28 us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice29 and be glad in his salvation."30
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The hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain;31 but Moab32 will be trampled under him as straw is trampled down in the manure.
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They will spread out their hands in it, as a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim. God will bring down33 their pride34 despite the clevernessa of their hands.
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He will bring down your high fortified walls35 and lay them low;36 he will bring them down to the ground, to the very dust.
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