Isaiah 25
A very different chapter. What faith to turn and praise God, to have not given up and thrown the towel in after speaking of destruction. Isaiah reminds us in v6-8 God is not just about destruction and wrath. He is the God of mercy, of compassion, of abundance. He will wipe every year away, He will break the bondage of death. As Isaiah prophesied about destruction to come we are still walking toward the cross, where Christ bore that very wrath for us, Isaiah also speaks hope, he speaks of Easter Sunday to keep us going, that we too may say “this is our God, we trusted in Him and He saved us.” It may feel like a long way off, and there is no way around the cross but there is the resurrection coming. There is reason to rejoice and be glad. Praying for each of you to know that joy. In Jesus name.
Isaiah 25
Lord, you are my God;
I will exalt you and praise your name,
for in perfect faithfulness
you have done wonderful things,
things planned long ago.
2 You have made the city a heap of rubble,
the fortified town a ruin,
the foreigners’ stronghold a city no more;
it will never be rebuilt.
3 Therefore strong peoples will honor you;
cities of ruthless nations will revere you.
4 You have been a refuge for the poor,
a refuge for the needy in their distress,
a shelter from the storm
and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless
is like a storm driving against a wall
5 and like the heat of the desert.
You silence the uproar of foreigners;
as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,
so the song of the ruthless is stilled.
6 On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare
a feast of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
the best of meats and the finest of wines.
7 On this mountain he will destroy
the shroud that enfolds all peoples,
the sheet that covers all nations;
8 he will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.
9 In that day they will say,
“Surely this is our God;
we trusted in him, and he saved us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”
10 The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain;
but Moab will be trampled in their land
as straw is trampled down in the manure.
11 They will stretch out their hands in it,
as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.
God will bring down their pride
despite the cleverness[a] of their hands.
12 He will bring down your high fortified walls
and lay them low;
he will bring them down to the ground,
to the very dust
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