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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/24.htm" title="Isaiah 24">◄</a> Isaiah 25 <a href="../isaiah/26.htm" title="Isaiah 26">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch29025" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn29025" class="cn"></h1> <section> <h2 class="ahaft">Praise for God’s Deliverance and the Celebration in Zion<a id="rfn29025000-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29025000-1">*</a></h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29025001" class="ver">1</span>O <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, you are my God,</p> <p class="sl1">I extol you, I praise your name;</p> <p class="sl">For you have carried out your wonderful plans of old,</p> <p class="sl1">faithful and true.<a id="ren29025001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29025001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29025002" class="ver">2</span>For you have made the city a heap,</p> <p class="sl1">the fortified city a ruin,</p> <p class="sl">The castle of the insolent, a city no more,</p> <p class="sl1">not ever to be rebuilt.<a id="ren29025002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29025002-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29025003" class="ver">3</span>Therefore a strong people will honor you,</p> <p class="sl1">ruthless nations will fear you.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29025004" class="ver">4</span>For you have been a refuge to the poor,</p> <p class="sl1">a refuge to the needy in their distress;</p> <p class="sl">Shelter from the rain,</p> <p class="sl1">shade from the heat.<a id="ren29025004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29025004-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl">When the blast of the ruthless was like a winter rain,</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v29025005" class="ver">5</span>the roar of strangers like heat in the desert,</p> <p class="sl">You subdued the heat with the shade of a cloud,</p> <p class="sl1">the rain of the tyrants was vanquished.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29025006" class="ver">6</span>On this mountain<a id="rfn29025006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29025006-1">*</a> the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts</p> <p class="sl1">will provide for all peoples</p> <p class="sl">A feast of rich food and choice wines,</p> <p class="sl1">juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29025007" class="ver">7</span>On this mountain he will destroy</p> <p class="sl1">the veil that veils all peoples,</p> <p class="sl">The web that is woven over all nations.</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v29025008" class="ver">8</span>He will destroy death forever.</p> <p class="sl">The Lord <span class="tetr">God</span> will wipe away</p> <p class="sl1">the tears from all faces;</p> <p class="sl">The reproach of his people he will remove</p> <p class="sl1">from the whole earth; for the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> has spoken.<a id="ren29025008-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29025008-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v29025009" class="ver">9</span>On that day it will be said:</p> <p class="sl">“Indeed, this is our God; we looked to him, and he saved us!</p> <p class="sl1">This is the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> to whom we looked;</p> <p class="sl1">let us rejoice and be glad that he has saved us!”<a id="ren29025009-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29025009-e">e</a></p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">Judgment on Moab<a id="rfn29025010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29025010-1">*</a></h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29025010" class="ver">10</span>For the hand of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will rest on this mountain,</p> <p class="sl1">but Moab will be trodden down</p> <p class="sl1">as straw is trodden down in the mire.<a id="ren29025010-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29025010-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29025011" class="ver">11</span>He will spread out his hands in its midst,</p> <p class="sl1">as a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim;</p> <p class="sl">His pride will be brought low</p> <p class="sl1">despite his strokes.<a id="ren29025011-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29025011-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29025012" class="ver">12</span>The high-walled fortress he will raze,</p> <p class="sl1">bringing it low, leveling it to the ground, to the very dust.<a id="ren29025012-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29025012-h">h</a></p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture 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