Isaiah 25

1O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, even counsels of old, in faithfulness and truth.

1O LORD, you are my God; I will honor you and praise your name. You have done wonderful things. Your plans made long ago are perfectly faithful and true.

2For thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

2You have turned the city into a pile of rocks and the fortified city into a ruin. The palace of foreigners is no longer a city; it will never be rebuilt.

3Therefore shall a strong people glorify thee; a city of terrible nations shall fear thee.

3Therefore, powerful nations will honor you, and the cities of cruel people will fear you.

4For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

4You have been a protector for the poor and a protector for the needy in their distress. You are a refuge from the storm and a shade from the heat when the breath of cruel people hits like a winter storm against a wall.

5As the heat in a dry place wilt thou bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the terrible ones shall be brought low.

5Like the heat in a dry land, you silence the roar of foreigners. As heat is cooled by the shadow of a cloud, you silence the songs of cruel people.

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.

6On this mountain, the LORD of Armies will prepare a feast for all people. It will be a feast of rich foods and fine wines—the best meat and the clearest, aged wine.

7And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that covereth all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.

7On this mountain, he will destroy the shroud that covers all people, the veil that is spread over all nations.

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.

8He will swallow up death forever! The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face. He will remove the shame of his people from the whole earth. The LORD has spoken.

9And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is Jehovah; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

9In that day, people will say, 'Look, this is our God! We trusted him, and he saved us. This is the LORD; we waited for him. Let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.'

10For in this mountain will the hand of Jehovah rest; and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.

10The hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled down where they are, just as straw is trampled into a pile of manure.

11And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst thereof, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim; but Jehovah will lay low his pride together with the craft of his hands.

11Moab will spread out his hands in it, like a swimmer spreads his hands to swim, but God will bring down his pride despite the cleverness of his hands.

12And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

12He will tear down your high, fortified walls. He will level them, bringing them down to the ground and into the very dust.