Isaiah 25:6–26:13
6 And in gthis mountain
hThe Lord of hosts will make for iall people
A feast of 3choice pieces,
A feast of 4wines on the lees,
Of fat things full of marrow,
Of well-refined wines on the lees.
7 And He will destroy on this mountain
The surface of the covering cast over all people,
And jthe veil that is spread over all nations.
8 He will kswallow up death forever,
And the Lord God will lwipe away tears from all faces;
The rebuke of His people
He will take away from all the earth;
For the Lord has spoken.
9 And it will be said in that day:
“Behold, this is our God;
mWe have waited for Him, and He will save us.
This is the Lord;
We have waited for Him;
nWe will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”
10 For on this mountain the hand of the Lord will rest,
And oMoab shall be trampled down under Him,
As straw is trampled down for the refuse heap.
11 And He will spread out His hands in their midst
As a swimmer reaches out to swim,
And He will bring down their ppride
Together with the trickery of their hands.
12 The qfortress of the high fort of your walls
He will bring down, lay low,
And bring to the ground, down to the dust.
26 In athat day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a strong city;
bGod will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.
2 cOpen the gates,
That the righteous nation which 1keeps the truth may enter in.
3 You will keep him in perfect dpeace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
eFor in Yah, the Lord, is 2everlasting strength.
5 For He brings 3down those who dwell on high,
fThe lofty city;
He lays it low,
He lays it low to the ground,
He brings it down to the dust.
6 The foot shall 4tread it down—
The feet of the poor
And the steps of the needy.”
7 The way of the just is uprightness;
gO Most Upright,
You 5weigh the path of the just.
8 Yes, hin the way of Your judgments,
O Lord, we have iwaited for You;
The desire of our soul is for Your name
And for the remembrance of You.
9 jWith my soul I have desired You in the night,
Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early;
For when Your judgments are in the earth,
The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
10 kLet grace be shown to the wicked,
Yet he will not learn righteousness;
In lthe land of uprightness he will deal unjustly,
And will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
11 Lord, when Your hand is lifted up, mthey will not see.
But they will see and be ashamed
For 6their envy of people;
Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.
12 Lord, You will establish peace for us,
For You have also done all our works 7in us.
13 O Lord our God, nmasters besides You
Have had dominion over us;
But by You only we make mention of Your name.