Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death forever, 1 and the Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces; 1 the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it. 1

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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.

In Context

7He will destroy on this mountain the covering over all peoples, 1 the web woven over all the nations. 1

9It will be said on that day, “Look, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us. 1 This is Yahweh; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.” 1

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Cross References

Psalms 89:50Call to mind, Lord, the mocking directed against your servants 1 and how I bear in my heart so many insults from the nations. 1

Isaiah 30:19For a people will live in Zion, in Jerusalem, and you will weep no more. 1 He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. When he hears it, he will answer you. 1

Isaiah 35:10The ransomed of Yahweh will return 1 and come with singing to Zion, and everlasting joy will be on their heads; 1 gladness and joy will overtake them; sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Isaiah 51:11The ransomed of Yahweh will return and come to Zion with cries of joy 1 and with gladness forever on their heads; and gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and mourning will flee away. 1

Isaiah 60:15Instead of you remaining abandoned and hated, with no one passing through you, 1 I will make you a thing of pride forever, a joy from generation to generation. 1

Isaiah 65:19I will rejoice over Jerusalem and be glad over my people; 1 weeping and cries of distress will no longer be heard in her. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 25:7-9

The Blessings of the Gospel. ( b. c. 718.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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