Isaiah 25:4-12

4 For You have been a ¹defense for the helpless, A defense for the needy in his distress, A ²refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat; For the breath of the ³ruthless Is like a rain storm against a wall.

5 Like heat in drought, You subdue the ⁴uproar of aliens; Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is silenced.

6 ⁵The LORD of hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for ⁶all 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 ⁷covering * which is over all peoples, Even the veil which is stretched over all nations.

8 He will ⁸swallow up death for all time, And the Lord GOD will ⁹wipe tears away from all faces, And He will remove the ¹⁰reproach of His people from all the earth; For the LORD has spoken.

9 And it will be said in that day, "Behold, ¹¹this is our God for whom we have ¹²waited that ¹³He might save us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited; ¹⁴Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation."

10 For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain, And ¹⁵Moab will be trodden down in his place As straw is trodden down in the water of a manure pile.

11 And he will ¹⁶spread out his hands in the middle of it As a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim, But the Lord will ¹⁷lay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands.

12 The ¹⁸unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down, Lay low and cast to the ground, even to the dust.

Isaiah 25:4-12 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

Cross References

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

Footnotes

• [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