Isaiah 25:6–26:6

6 On this mountaing the Lord Almighty will prepare

a feasth of rich food for all peoples,

a banquet of aged wine—

the best of meats and the finest of wines.i

7 On this mountain he will destroy

the shroudj that enfolds all peoples,k

the sheet that covers all nations;

8 he will swallow up deathl forever.

The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tearsm

from all faces;

he will remove his people’s disgracen

from all the earth.

The Lord has spoken.o

9 In that dayp they will say,

“Surely this is our God;q

we trustedr in him, and he saveds us.

This is the Lord, we trusted in him;

let us rejoicet and be glad in his salvation.”u

10 The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain;v

but Moabw will be trampled in their land

as straw is trampled down in the manure.

11 They will stretch out their hands in it,

as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.

God will bring downx their pridey

despite the clevernessa of their hands.

12 He will bring down your high fortified wallsz

and lay them low;a

he will bring them down to the ground,

to the very dust.

A Song of Praise

26 In that dayb this song will be sungc in the land of Judah:

We have a strong city;d

God makes salvation

its wallse and ramparts.f

2 Open the gatesg

that the righteoush nation may enter,

the nation that keeps faith.

3 You will keep in perfect peacei

those whose minds are steadfast,

because they trustj in you.

4 Trustk in the Lord forever,l

for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rockm eternal.

5 He humbles those who dwell on high,

he lays the lofty city low;

he levels it to the groundn

and casts it down to the dust.o

6 Feet tramplep it down—

the feet of the oppressed,q

the footsteps of the poor.r