Read Isaiah 25 in the King James Bible (opens in a new tab)
Isaiah 25 is a song of praise declaring that the Lord is faithful, sovereign, and worthy of trust because He brings down proud cities and becomes a refuge for the poor and needy. The chapter moves from judgment on human arrogance to the hope of God’s saving reign, showing that the Lord will prepare a rich feast for all peoples on His mountain. It also gives one of the clearest prophetic pictures of final restoration: God will swallow up death, wipe away tears, and remove the reproach of His people. The chapter contrasts two destinies: the humble who wait for the Lord will rejoice in His salvation, while the proud will be brought low. Its spiritual message is that true hope is not found in human strength, fortified cities, or worldly power, but in the Lord who saves, comforts, judges rightly, and reigns forever.
Isaiah 25:1 - 25:12
1 O Lord, thou [art] my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful [things]; [thy] counsels of old [are] faithfulness [and] truth.
2 For thou hast made of a city an heap; [of] a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones [is] as a storm [against] the wall.
5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; [even] the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
6 And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people 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.
7 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.
8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken [it].
9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this [is] our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this [is] the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth [his hands] to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, [and] bring to the ground, [even] to the dust.