Isaiah

Isaiah 25 ©

1 The prophet praiseth God for his past judgments, 6 and for his future salvation of his people, and overthrow of their enemies.

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aO 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 bfaithfulness and truth.

a Ex. 15.1-21. 1Ch. 16.8-36. Ps. 103-108; 145; 72.18,19; 46.10. Re. 11; 19.
b Ps. 33.10,11; 89.5. Nu. 23.19. Tit. 1.2. ch. 46.10.
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cFor thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of dstrangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

c Na. 1-3. Je. 50; 51. ch. 13; 47; 37.26. Re. 16; 18; 19.
d ch. 1.7. Eze. 11.9; 28.7. Joel 3.17.
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eTherefore shall the strong people glorify thee, fthe city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.

e Ps. 45.3-5; 110.2; 58.10,11; 72.10,11. Re. 11.13,15; 7.9,14. Eze. 39.21.
f ch. 19.24,25.
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gFor 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.

g ch. 4.5,6; 27.5; 33.2; 31.4,5; 32.2. Na. 1.7,8. Zec. 9.8. Ps. 109.31; 46.1-11; 142.4,5; 9.10; 121.6. ch. 49.10. Ac. 2.19. Re. 7.17.
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hThou 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.

h ch. 10.5-34; 14.25; 13; 14; 21. Je. 46-51. Re. 6.13-17; 14; 16; 18-20.
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iAnd in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of jwines on the *lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

i ch. 2.2,3; 24.23; 55.1-3; 65.13. Ps. 22.26; 36.8; 63.5; 65.4. Pr. 9.1-5. Lu. 22.30; 15.27; 14.16. Mat. 8.11; 22.2,4. Re. 19.9. Ep. 3.19. ch. 65.13.
j Ca. 5.1.
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kAnd he will 1destroy in this mountain the face of lthe covering 2cast over all people, and the *vail that is mspread over all nations.

k Ep. 1.17,18. 2Co. 3.14-18. ch. 11.9; 29.18,23; 54.13. Ro. 8.1,2. Mat. 11.25; 13.11.
l Es. 7.8. Jn. 3.36. 1Co. 2.14. 2Co. 3.16,18; 4.3,4. Ep. 4.18.
m ch. 28.20.
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He will nswallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will owipe away tears from off all faces; and the prebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

n Ho. 13.14. He. 2.14,15. 2Ti. 1.10. 1Co. 15.54. Re. 2.11; 20.6,14. Mi. 7.19. Ro. 8.35-39.
o Re. 7.17; 21.4. Ps. 85.9. Joel 3.16.
p Mal. 3.17,18. ch. 37.3; 54.4. Ps. 74.22; 123.3,4; 89.50,51. Eze. 36.15.
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¶And it shall be said qin that day, Lo, rthis is our God; swe have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, twe will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

q ch. 2.11.
r Ps. 24.8,10. Ac. 10.36. Lu. 2.25-28. Tit. 2.13. 1Ti. 6.15. Jn. 20.28. Lu. 1.47. Zec. 9.9. Ps. 145.5,7. ch. 63.7,16.
s Ge. 49.18. ch. 26.8. Ps. 20.5; 21.1.
t Ps. 9.14.
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For in this mountain ushall the hand of the LORD rest, and vMoab shall be 3trodden down under him, even as straw is 4trodden down for the dunghill.

u ch. 11.10. Ps. 132.13,14. Mat. 28.18; 16.18. Ro. 8.31.
v ch. 15.1.
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wAnd 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.

w Ps. 110.1,2,5,6; 21.8.
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And the fortress of xthe high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

x ch. 26.5.