25:1{saiah honored and praised God because he realized that God completes his plans as promised. God also fulfills his promises to you. Think of the prayers he has answered, and praise him for his goodness and faithfulness.
Life Application Study BibleIsaiahChapter 25
Isaiah 25
New Living Translation · Life Application Study Bible · Original pages: 1127, 1128
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25Isaiah 25
1and now you have accomplished them.
2You turn mighty cities into heaps of ruins.Cities with strong walls are turned to rubble.Beautiful palaces in distant lands disappearand will never be rebuilt.
3Therefore, strong nations will declare your glory; ruthless nations will fear you. 4But you are a tower of refuge to the poor, O LORD, a tower of refuge to the needy in distress. You are a refuge from the storm and a shelter from the heat. For the oppressive acts of ruthless people are like a storm beating against a wail, 5 or like the relentless heat of the desert. But you silence the roar of foreign nations. As the shade of a cloud cools relentless heat, so the boastful songs of ruthless people are stilled. 6In Jerusalem,* the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will spread a wonderful feast for all the people of the world. It will be a delicious banquet with clear, well-aged wine and choice meat. 7There he will remove the cloud of gloom, the shadow of death that hangs over the earth. 8He will swallow up death forever!* The Sovereign LORD will wipe away all tears. He will remove forever all insults and mockery against his land and people. The LORD has spoken!
9In that day the people will proclaim,“This is our God!We trusted in him, and he saved us!This is the LORD, in whom we trusted.Let us rejoice in the salvation he brings!”
10For the LORD’s hand of blessing will rest on Jerusalem.But Moab will be crushed.It will be like straw trampled down and left to rot.
11God will push down Moab’s peopleas a swimmer pushes down water with his hands.He will end their prideand all their evil works.
12The high walls of Moab will be demolished.They will be brought down to the ground,down into the dust.
Textual footnotes
- 25:6 Hebrew On this mountain; also in 25:10. 1 Cor 15:54.
- 25:8 Greek version reads Death is swallowed up in victory.
Life Application Notes 6 notes
25:4The poor suffered because ruthless people oppressed them. But God is concerned for the poor and is a refuge for them. When we are disadvantaged or oppressed, we can turn to God for comfort and help. Jesus states that the Kingdom of God belongs to the poor (Luke 6:20).
25:6Here is a marvelous prophecy of “all the people of the world’”—Gentiles and Jews together—at God’s messianic feast. celebrating the overthrow of evil and the joy of eternity with God. It shows that God intended his saving message to go out to the whole world, not just to the Jews. During the feast, God will end death forever (25:7, 8). The people who participate in this great feast will be those who have been living by faith. That is why they say, “This is our God. We trusted in him, and he saved us” (25:9). See also chapter 55 for another presentation of this great feast.
25:8When the LORD speaks, he does what he says. It is comforting to know that God's plans and activities are closely tied to his word. When we pray according.to God's will (as expressed in the Bible) and claim his promises (as recorded in the Bible), he hears us and answers our requests.
25:8Part of this verse is quoted in 1 Corinthians 15:54 to describe Christ's victory over death. God’s ultimate victory is seen when death, our ultimate enemy, is defeated (see also Hosea 13:14). Another part of this verse is quoted in Revelation 21:4, which describes the glorious scene of God’s presence with his people.
25:10Moab was a symbol of all who oppose God and are rebellious to the end. Moab was tsrael’s enemy for years (see the note on 15:1).
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