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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Isaiah 25 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/25.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/25-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Isaiah 25</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" 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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/isaiah/25.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Praise to the Victorious God</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/25-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>LORD, you are my God;</p> <p class="poetry2">I will exalt you and praise your name,</p> <p class="poetry2">for you have done marvelous things,</p> <p class="poetry2">plans made long ago in faithfulness and truth.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/25-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For you have made the city a heap of rubble,</p> <p class="poetry2">the fortified city into a ruin;</p> <p class="poetry2">the foreigners’ citadel<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:2 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss LXX read citadel of arrogant people">a</a></span> is no longer a city—</p> <p class="poetry2">it will never be rebuilt!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/25-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;</p> <p class="poetry2">cities of ruthless nations will revere you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/25-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For you have been a stronghold for the poor,</p> <p class="poetry2">a stronghold for the needy in distress,</p> <p class="poetry2">a shelter from the storm</p> <p class="poetry2">and a shade from the heat—</p> <p class="poetry2">for the blistering attack<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:4 1QIsaa MT lack attack">b</a></span> from the ruthless</p> <p class="poetry2">is like a rainstorm beating against a wall,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/25-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and the noise of foreigners is like the heat of the desert.</p> <p class="poetry2">Just as you subdue heat by the shade of clouds,</p> <p class="poetry2">so the victory songs of violent men will be stilled.</p> <p class="heading">Celebration of the Righteous</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/25-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“On this mountain,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:6 i.e. Mount Zion; cf. 24:23">c</a></span> the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will prepare for all peoples</p> <p class="poetry2">a banquet of rich food,</p> <p class="poetry2">a banquet of well-aged wines—</p> <p class="poetry2">rich food full of marrow,</p> <p class="poetry2">and refined wines of the finest<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:6 1QIsaa MT lack the finest">d</a></span> vintage</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/25-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And on this mountain,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:7 i.e. Mount Zion; cf. 24:23">e</a></span> he will swallow up</p> <p class="poetry2">the burial<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:7 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks burial ">f</a></span> shroud that enfolds all peoples,</p> <p class="poetry2">the veil that is spread over all nations—</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/25-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>he has swallowed up<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:8 So 1QIsaa MTms; MT reads And he will swallow up; cf. LXX Syr Theodotian 1Cor 15:54">g</a></span> death forever!</p> <p class="poetry2">Then the Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from all faces,</p> <p class="poetry2">and he will take away the disgrace of his people</p> <p class="poetry2">from the entire earth.”</p> <p class="poetry2">for the LORD has spoken.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/25-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“And you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:9 So 1QIsaa Syriac; 4QIsac MT read he; LXX reads they ">h</a></span> will say at that time,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:9 Lit. say on that day">i</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">‘Look! It’s the LORD!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:9 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack It’s the LORD">j</a></span> This is our God!</p> <p class="poetry2">We waited for him,</p> <p class="poetry2">and he saved us.</p> <p class="poetry2">This is the LORD!</p> <p class="poetry2">We waited for him,</p> <p class="poetry2">so let us rejoice,</p> <p class="poetry2">and we will<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and let us">k</a></span> be glad that he has saved us.”</p> <p class="heading">The Misery of Moab</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/25-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For the LORD’s power<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:10 Lit. hand">l</a></span> will rest on this mountain,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:10 i.e. Mount Zion; cf. 24:23">m</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">but the Moabites will be trodden down beneath him,</p> <p class="poetry2">just as straw is trodden down</p> <p class="poetry2">in the slime of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:10 Lit. in the water of; so 1QIsaa MT; MTqere reads in; LXX reads in wagons">n</a></span> a manure pit.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/25-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They will spread out their hands in the thick of it,</p> <p class="poetry2">just as swimmers spread out their hands to swim,</p> <p class="poetry2">but the LORD will bring down their pride,</p> <p class="poetry2">together with the cleverness of their hands.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/25-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He brings down the high fortifications of your walls</p> <p class="poetry2">and lays them low;</p> <p class="poetry2">he will raze them<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:12 Or reach; so 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT read he casts them">o</a></span> to the ground,</p> <p class="poetry2">right down to the dust.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 25:2 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss LXX read <i>citadel of arrogant people</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 25:4 1QIsaa MT lack <i>attack</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 25:6 i.e. Mount Zion; cf. 24:23<br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 25:6 1QIsaa MT lack <i>the finest</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 25:7 i.e. Mount Zion; cf. 24:23<br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 25:7 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks <i>burial</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 25:8 So 1QIsaa MTms; MT reads <i>And he will swallow up</i>; cf. LXX Syr Theodotian 1Cor 15:54<br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 25:9 So 1QIsaa Syriac; 4QIsac MT read <i>he</i>; LXX reads <i>they </i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 25:9 Lit. <i>say on that day</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 25:9 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack<i> It’s the LORD</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 25:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>and let us</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 25:10 Lit. <i>hand</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 25:10 i.e. Mount Zion; cf. 24:23<br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 25:10 Lit. <i>in the water of</i>; so1QIsaa MT; MTqere reads <i>in</i>; LXX reads <i>in wagons</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 25:12 Or <i>reach</i>; so 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT read <i>he casts them</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 26" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/isaiah/25-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>