Isaiah 25

A Prayer of Thanks to God

1 You, Lord, are my God!

I will praise you

for doing the wonderful things

you had planned and promised

since ancient times.

2 You have destroyed the fortress

of our enemies,

leaving their city in ruins.

Nothing in that foreign city

will ever be rebuilt.

3 Now strong and cruel nations

will fear and honor you.

4 You have been a place of safety

for the poor and needy

in times of trouble.

Brutal enemies pounded us

like a heavy rain

or the heat of the sun at noon,

but you were our shelter.

5 Those wild foreigners struck

like scorching desert heat.

But you were like a cloud,

protecting us from the sun.

You kept our enemies from singing

songs of victory.

The Lord Has Saved Us

6 On this mountain

the Lord All-Powerful

will prepare for all nations

a feast of the finest foods.

Choice wines and the best meats

will be served.

7 Here the Lord will strip away

the burial clothes

that cover the nations.

8 *1 Co 15.54;Rev 7.17;21.4. The Lord All-Powerful

will destroy the power of death

and wipe away all tears.

No longer will his people

be insulted everywhere.

The Lord has spoken!

9 At that time, people will say,

"The Lord has saved us!

Let’s celebrate.

We waited and hoped—

now our God is here."

10 *Is 15.1—16.14;Jr 48.1-47;Ez 25.8-11;Am 2.1-3;Zep 2.8-11. The powerful arm of the Lord

will protect this mountain.

The Moabites will be put down

and trampled on like straw

in a pit of manure.

11 They will struggle to get out,

but God will humiliate them

no matter how hard they try.*25.11 no matter … try: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

12 The walls of their fortresses

will be knocked down

and scattered in the dirt.