Isaiah 25

Praise to the Lord

25Lord, you are my God;^m

I will exalt you and praise your name,ⁿ

for in perfect faithfulness^o

you have done wonderful things,^p

things planned^q long ago.

²You have made the city a heap of rubble,^r

the fortified^s town a ruin,^t

the foreigners’ stronghold^u a city no more;

it will never be rebuilt.^v

³Therefore strong peoples will honor you;^w

cities of ruthless^x nations will revere you.

⁴You have been a refuge^y for the poor,^z

a refuge for the needy^a in their distress,

a shelter from the storm^b

and a shade from the heat.

For the breath of the ruthless^c

is like a storm driving against a wall

⁵and like the heat of the desert.

You silence^d the uproar of foreigners;^e

as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,

so the song of the ruthless^f is stilled.

⁶On this mountain^g the Lord Almighty will prepare

a feast^h of rich food for all peoples,

a banquet of aged wine—

the best of meats and the finest of wines.ⁱ

⁷On this mountain he will destroy

the shroud^j that enfolds all peoples,^k

the sheet that covers all nations;

⁸he will swallow up death^l forever.

The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears^m

from all faces;

he will remove his people’s disgraceⁿ

from all the earth.

The Lord has spoken.^o

⁹In that day^p they will say,

“Surely this is our God;^q

we trusted^r in him, and he saved^s us.

This is the Lord, we trusted in him;

let us rejoice^t and be glad in his salvation.”^u

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

but Moab^w will be trampled in their land

as straw is trampled down in the manure.

¹¹They will stretch out their hands in it,

as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.

God will bring down^x their pride^y

despite the cleverness^a of their hands.

¹²He will bring down your high fortified walls^z

and lay them low;^a

he will bring them down to the ground,

to the very dust.