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Isaiah 25
New International Version

### Praise to the Lord

25 Lord, you are my God;(A)
I will exalt you and praise your name,(B)
for in perfect faithfulness(C)
you have done wonderful things,(D)
things planned(E) long ago.
2 You have made the city a heap of rubble,(F)
the fortified(G) town a ruin,(H)
the foreigners’ stronghold(I) a city no more;
it will never be rebuilt.(J)
3 Therefore strong peoples will honor you;(K)
cities of ruthless(L) nations will revere you.
4 You have been a refuge(M) for the poor,(N)
a refuge for the needy(O) in their distress,
a shelter from the storm(P)
and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless(Q)
is like a storm driving against a wall
5 and like the heat of the desert.
You silence(R) the uproar of foreigners;(S)
as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,
so the song of the ruthless(T) is stilled.

6 On this mountain(U) the Lord Almighty will prepare
a feast(V) of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
the best of meats and the finest of wines.(W)
7 On this mountain he will destroy
the shroud(X) that enfolds all peoples,(Y)
the sheet that covers all nations;
8 he will swallow up death(Z) forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears(AA)
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace(AB)
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.(AC)

9 In that day(AD) they will say,

“Surely this is our God;(AE)
we trusted(AF) in him, and he saved(AG) us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
let us rejoice(AH) and be glad in his salvation.”(AI)

10 The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain;(AJ)
but Moab(AK) 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 down(AL) their pride(AM)
despite the cleverness[a] of their hands.
12 He will bring down your high fortified walls(AN)
and lay them low;(AO)
he will bring them down to the ground,
to the very dust.

#### Footnotes

1. Isaiah 25:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

#### Cross references

1. Isaiah 25:1 : S Isa 7:13
2. Isaiah 25:1 : S Ps 145:2; S Isa 12:1, 4
3. Isaiah 25:1 : Isa 11:5
4. Isaiah 25:1 : Ps 40:5; 98:1; Joel 2:21, 26
5. Isaiah 25:1 : Nu 23:19; S Isa 14:24; 37:26; 46:11; Eph 1:11
6. Isaiah 25:2 : Isa 17:1; 26:5; 37:26
7. Isaiah 25:2 : S Isa 17:3
8. Isaiah 25:2 : S Dt 13:16
9. Isaiah 25:2 : S Isa 13:22
10. Isaiah 25:2 : S Job 12:14
11. Isaiah 25:3 : S Ex 6:2; S Ps 22:23; S Isa 11:14
12. Isaiah 25:3 : S Isa 13:11
13. Isaiah 25:4 : S 2Sa 22:3; S Ps 118:8; S Isa 4:6; 17:10; 27:5; 33:16; Joel 3:16
14. Isaiah 25:4 : S Isa 3:14
15. Isaiah 25:4 : S Isa 14:30; 29:19
16. Isaiah 25:4 : S Ps 55:8
17. Isaiah 25:4 : Isa 29:5; 49:25
18. Isaiah 25:5 : Jer 51:55
19. Isaiah 25:5 : S Ps 18:44
20. Isaiah 25:5 : S Isa 13:11
21. Isaiah 25:6 : S Isa 2:2
22. Isaiah 25:6 : S Ge 29:22; 1Ki 1:25; Isa 1:19; 55:1-2; 66:11; Joel 3:18; Mt 8:11; 22:4; Rev 19:9
23. Isaiah 25:6 : S Ps 36:8; S Pr 9:2
24. Isaiah 25:7 : 2Co 3:15-16; Eph 4:18
25. Isaiah 25:7 : S Job 4:9
26. Isaiah 25:8 : Isa 26:19; Hos 13:14; 1Co 15:54-55*
27. Isaiah 25:8 : Isa 15:3; 30:19; 35:10; 51:11; 65:19; Jer 31:16; Rev 7:17; 21:4
28. Isaiah 25:8 : S Ge 30:23; S Ps 119:39; Mt 5:11; 1Pe 4:14; Rev 7:14
29. Isaiah 25:8 : S Isa 7:7
30. Isaiah 25:9 : S Isa 2:11; S 10:20
31. Isaiah 25:9 : Isa 40:9
32. Isaiah 25:9 : S Ps 22:5; S Isa 12:2
33. Isaiah 25:9 : Ps 145:19; Isa 19:20; 33:22; 35:4; 43:3, 11; 45:15, 21; 49:25-26; 60:16; 63:8; Jer 14:8
34. Isaiah 25:9 : S Dt 32:43; S Ps 9:2; Isa 9:3; 35:2, 10; 41:16; 51:3; 61:7, 10; 66:14
35. Isaiah 25:9 : S Ps 13:5; S Isa 12:2
36. Isaiah 25:10 : S Isa 2:2
37. Isaiah 25:10 : S Ge 19:37; S Nu 21:29; S Dt 23:6; S Isa 11:14; Am 2:1-3
38. Isaiah 25:11 : Isa 5:25; 14:26; 16:14
39. Isaiah 25:11 : S Lev 26:19; S Job 40:12
40. Isaiah 25:12 : S Isa 2:15
41. Isaiah 25:12 : S Job 40:11; S Isa 15:1; S Jer 51:44

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