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Isaiah 25:7

What does Isaiah 25:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 25:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that covereth all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that covereth all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And in this mountain he will put an end to the shade covering the face of all peoples, and the veil which is stretched over all nations.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And swallowed up hath He in this mountain The face of the wrapping that is wrapped over all the peoples, And of the covering that is spread over all the nations.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he shall destroy in this mountain the face of the bond with which all people were tied, and the web that he began over all nations.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the veil which veileth all the peoples, and the covering that is spread over all the nations.

Context

v.6And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

v.7This passage

v.8He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:13

    andarenot as Moses, whoput a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel should not look stedfastly on the end of that which was passing away:

  • Ephesians 3:5

    which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

  • Matthew 27:51

    And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent;

  • Ephesians 5:8

    for ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

  • Luke 2:32

    A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.

  • Hebrews 9:24

    For Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:

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