Isaiah 25:1-10

Song of Praise for God's Favor

1 O LORD, You are ¹my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have ²worked wonders, ³Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.

2 For You have made a city into a ⁴heap, A ⁵fortified city into a ruin; A ⁶palace of strangers is a city no more, It will never * be rebuilt.

3 Therefore * a strong people will ⁷glorify You; ⁸Cities of ruthless nations will revere You.

4 For You have been a ⁹defense for the helpless, A defense for the needy in his distress, A ¹⁰refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat; For the breath of the ¹¹ruthless Is like a rain storm against a wall.

5 Like heat in drought, You subdue the ¹²uproar of aliens; Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is silenced.

6 ¹³The LORD of hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for ¹⁴all peoples on this mountain; A banquet of aged wine, choice pieces with marrow, And refined, aged wine.

7 And on this mountain He will swallow up the ¹⁵covering * which is over all peoples, Even the veil which is stretched over all nations.

8 He will ¹⁶swallow up death for all time, And the Lord GOD will ¹⁷wipe tears away from all faces, And He will remove the ¹⁸reproach of His people from all the earth; For the LORD has spoken.

9 And it will be said in that day, "Behold, ¹⁹this is our God for whom we have ²⁰waited that ²¹He might save us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited; ²²Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation."

10 For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain, And ²³Moab will be trodden down in his place As straw is trodden down in the water of a manure pile.

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Isaiah 25:1-10 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 23

1. Exodus 15:2; Psalms 118:28; Isaiah 7:13; Isaiah 49:4, 5; Isaiah 61:10
2. Psalms 40:5; Psalms 98:1
3. Ephesians 1:11
4. Isaiah 17:1; Isaiah 26:5; Isaiah 27:10; Isaiah 32:19
5. Isaiah 17:3; Isaiah 25:12
6. Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 32:14; Isaiah 34:13
7. Isaiah 24:15
8. Isaiah 13:11
9. Isaiah 14:32; Isaiah 17:10; Isaiah 27:5; Isaiah 33:16
10. Isaiah 4:6; Isaiah 32:2
11. Isaiah 29:5, 20; Isaiah 49:25
12. Jeremiah 51:54-56
13. Isaiah 1:19
14. Isaiah 2:2-4; Isaiah 56:7
15. 2 Corinthians 3:15, 16; Ephesians 4:18
16. Hosea 13:14; 1 Corinthians 15:54
17. Isaiah 30:19; Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 51:11; Isaiah 65:19; Revelation 7:17; Revelation 21:4
18. Psalms 69:9; Psalms 89:50, 51; Isaiah 51:7; Isaiah 54:4; Matthew 5:11; 1 Peter 4:14
19. Isaiah 35:2; Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 52:10
20. Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 30:18; Isaiah 33:2
21. Isaiah 33:22; Isaiah 35:4; Isaiah 49:25, 26; Isaiah 60:16
22. Psalms 20:5; Is 35:1, 2, 10; Isaiah 65:18; Isaiah 66:10
23. Isaiah 16:14; Jeremiah 48:1-47; Ezekiel 25:8-11; Amos 2:1-3; Zephaniah 2:9

Footnotes 8

[a]. Lit "humbled"
[b]. Lit "feast of fat things;" i.e. abundance
[c]. Lit "wine on the lees"
[d]. Lit "fat pieces"
[e]. Lit "wine refined on the lees"
[f]. Lit "face of the covering"
[g]. Lit "woven"
[h]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD