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 <div class="label">25</div><div class="p">1 O Lord, you are my God!#sn The prophet speaks here as one who has observed the coming judgment of the proud.</div><div class="p">I will exalt you in praise, I will extol your fame.#tn Heb &#8220;name.&#8221; See the note at 24:15.</div><div class="p">For you have done extraordinary things,</div><div class="p">and executed plans made long ago exactly as you decreed.#tn Heb &#8220;plans from long ago [in] faithfulness, trustworthiness.&#8221; The feminine noun &#1488;&#1457;&#1502;&#1493;&#1468;&#1504;&#1464;&#1492; (&#8217;emunah, &#8220;faithfulness&#8221;) and masculine noun &#1488;&#1465;&#1502;&#1462;&#1503; (&#8217;omen, &#8220;trustworthiness&#8221;), both of which are derived from the root &#1488;&#1464;&#1502;&#1463;&#1503; (&#8217;aman), are juxtaposed to emphasize the basic idea conveyed by the synonyms. Here they describe the absolute reliability of the divine plans.</div><div class="p">2 Indeed,#tn Or &#8220;For&#8221; (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV). you have made the city#tn The Hebrew text has &#8220;you have made from the city.&#8221; The prefixed mem (&#1502;) on &#1506;&#1460;&#1497;&#1512; (&#8217;ir, &#8220;city&#8221;) was probably originally an enclitic mem suffixed to the preceding verb. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:456, n. 3. into a heap of rubble,</div><div class="p">the fortified town into a heap of ruins;</div><div class="p">the fortress of foreigners#tc Some with support from the LXX emend &#1494;&#1464;&#1512;&#1460;&#1497;&#1501; (zarim, &#8220;foreigners&#8221;) to &#1494;&#1461;&#1491;&#1460;&#1497;&#1501; (zedim, &#8220;the insolent&#8221;). is no longer a city,</div><div class="p">it will never be rebuilt.</div><div class="p">3 So a strong nation will extol you;</div><div class="p">the towns of#tn The Hebrew text has a singular form, but it should be emended to a plural or eliminated altogether. The noun may have been accidentally copied from the preceding verse. powerful nations will fear you.</div><div class="p">4 For you are a protector for the poor,</div><div class="p">a protector for the needy in their distress,</div><div class="p">a shelter from the rainstorm,</div><div class="p">a shade from the heat.</div><div class="p">Though the breath of tyrants#tn Or perhaps, &#8220;the violent&#8221;; NIV, NRSV &#8220;the ruthless.&#8221; is like a winter rainstorm,#tc The Hebrew text has, &#8220;like a rainstorm of a wall,&#8221; which might be interpreted to mean, &#8220;like a rainstorm battering against a wall.&#8221; The translation assumes an emendation of &#1511;&#1460;&#1497;&#1512; (qir, &#8220;wall&#8221;) to &#1511;&#1465;&#1512; (qor, &#8220;cold, winter&#8221;; cf. Gen 8:22). See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:457, n. 6, for discussion.</div><div class="p">5 like heat#tn Or &#8220;drought&#8221; (TEV). in a dry land,</div><div class="p">you humble the boasting foreigners.#tn Heb &#8220;the tumult of foreigners.&#8221;</div><div class="p">Just as the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside,#tn Heb &#8220;[like] heat in the shadow of a cloud.&#8221;</div><div class="p">so he causes the song of tyrants to cease.#tn The translation assumes that the verb &#1497;&#1463;&#1506;&#1458;&#1504;&#1462;&#1492; (ya&#8217;aneh) is a Hiphil imperfect from &#1506;&#1464;&#1504;&#1464;&#1492; (&#8217;anah, &#8220;be afflicted, humiliated&#8221;). In this context with &#8220;song&#8221; as object it means to &#8220;quiet&#8221; (see HALOT 853-54 s.v. II &#1506;&#1504;&#1492;). Some prefer to emend the form to the second person singular, so that it will agree with the second person verb earlier in the verse. BDB 776 s.v. III &#1506;&#1464;&#1504;&#1464;&#1492; Qal.1 understands the form as Qal, with &#8220;song&#8221; as subject, in which case one might translate &#8220;the song of tyrants will be silent.&#8221; An emendation of the form to a Niphal (&#1497;&#1461;&#1506;&#1464;&#1504;&#1462;&#1492;, ye&#8217;aneh) would yield the same translation.</div><div class="p">6 The Lord who commands armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain.#sn That is, Mount Zion (see 24:23); cf. TEV; NLT &#8220;In Jerusalem.&#8221;</div><div class="p">At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine &#8211; </div><div class="p">tender meat and choicest wine.#tn Heb &#8220;And the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts] will make for all the nations on this mountain a banquet of meats, a banquet of wine dregs, meats filled with marrow, dregs that are filtered.&#8221;</div><div class="p">7 On this mountain he will swallow up </div><div class="p">the shroud that is over all the peoples,#tn The Hebrew text reads, &#8220;the face of the shroud, the shroud over all the nations.&#8221; Some emend the second &#1492;&#1463;&#1500;&#1468;&#1493;&#1465;&#1496; (hallot) to a passive participle &#1492;&#1463;&#1500;&#1468;&#1493;&#1468;&#1496; (hallut, &#8220;that is wrapped&#8221;).</div><div class="p">the woven covering that is over all the nations;#sn The point of the imagery is unclear. Perhaps the shroud/covering referred to was associated with death in some way (see v. 8).</div><div class="p">8 he will swallow up death permanently.#sn The image of the Lord &#8220;swallowing&#8221; death would be especially powerful, for death was viewed in Canaanite mythology and culture as a hungry enemy that swallows its victims. See the note at 5:14. </div><div class="p">The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face,</div><div class="p">and remove his people&#8217;s disgrace from all the earth.</div><div class="p">Indeed, the Lord has announced it!#tn Heb &#8220;has spoken&#8221; (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).</div><div class="p">9 At that time they will say,#tn Heb &#8220;and one will say in that day.&#8221;</div><div class="p">&#8220;Look, here#tn Heb &#8220;this [one].&#8221; is our God!</div><div class="p">We waited for him and he delivered us.</div><div class="p">Here#tn Heb &#8220;this [one].&#8221; is the Lord! We waited for him.</div><div class="p">Let&#8217;s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!&#8221;</div><div class="p">10 For the Lord&#8217;s power will make this mountain secure.#tn Heb &#8220;for the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain&#8221;; TEV &#8220;will protect Mount Zion&#8221;; NCV &#8220;will protect (rest on NLT) Jerusalem.&#8221;</div><div class="p">Moab will be trampled down where it stands,#tn Heb &#8220;under him,&#8221; i.e., &#8220;in his place.&#8221; </div><div class="p">as a heap of straw is trampled down in#tc The marginal reading (Qere) is &#1489;&#1468;&#1456;&#1502;&#1493;&#1465; (b&#255;mo, &#8220;in&#8221;). The consonantal text (Kethib) has &#1489;&#1468;&#1456;&#1502;&#1460;&#1497; (b&#255;mi, &#8220;in the water of&#8221;). a manure pile.</div><div class="p">11 Moab#tn Heb &#8220;he&#8221;; the referent (Moab) has been specified in the translation for clarity. will spread out its hands in the middle of it,#tn The antecedent of the third masculine singular pronominal suffix is probably the masculine noun &#1502;&#1463;&#1514;&#1456;&#1489;&#1468;&#1461;&#1503; (matben, &#8220;heap of straw&#8221;) in v. 10 rather than the feminine noun &#1502;&#1463;&#1491;&#1456;&#1502;&#1461;&#1504;&#1464;&#1492; (madmenah, &#8220;manure pile&#8221;), also in v. 10.</div><div class="p">just as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim; </div><div class="p">the Lord#tn Heb &#8220;he&#8221;; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity. will bring down Moab&#8217;s#tn Heb &#8220;his&#8221;; the referent (Moab) has been specified in the translation for clarity. pride as it spreads its hands.#tn The Hebrew text has, &#8220;he will bring down his pride along with the [?] of his hands.&#8221; The meaning of &#1488;&#1464;&#1512;&#1456;&#1489;&#1468;&#1493;&#1465;&#1514; (&#8217;arbot), which occurs only here in the OT, is unknown. Some (see BDB 70 s.v. &#1488;&#1464;&#1512;&#1456;&#1489;&#1468;&#1464;&#1492;) translate &#8220;artifice, cleverness,&#8221; relating the form to the verbal root &#1488;&#1464;&#1512;&#1464;&#1489; (&#8217;arav, &#8220;to lie in wait, ambush&#8221;), but this requires some convoluted semantic reasoning. HALOT 83 s.v. *&#1488;&#1464;&#1512;&#1456;&#1489;&#1468;&#1464;&#1492; suggests the meaning &#8220;[nimble] movements.&#8221; The translation above, which attempts to relate the form to the preceding context, is purely speculative. </div><div class="p">12 The fortified city (along with the very tops of your#sn Moab is addressed. walls)#tn Heb &#8220;a fortification, the high point of your walls.&#8221; he will knock down,</div><div class="p">he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.#tn Heb &#8220;he will bring [it] down, he will make [it] touch the ground, even to the dust.&#8221; </div>
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O LORD, you are my God!
I will exalt you in praise, I will extol your fame.
For you have done extraordinary things,
and executed plans made long ago exactly as you decreed.
Indeed, you have made the city into a heap of rubble,
the fortified town into a heap of ruins;
the fortress of foreigners is no longer a city,
it will never be rebuilt.
So a strong nation will extol you;
the towns of powerful nations will fear you.
For you are a protector for the poor,
a protector for the needy in their distress,
a shelter from the rainstorm,
a shade from the heat.
Though the breath of tyrants is like a winter rainstorm,
like heat in a dry land,
you humble the boasting foreigners.
Just as the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside,
so he causes the song of tyrants to cease.
The LORD who commands armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain.
At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine –
tender meat and choicest wine.
On this mountain he will swallow up
the shroud that is over all the peoples,
the woven covering that is over all the nations;
he will swallow up death permanently.
The sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from every face,
and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth.
Indeed, the LORD has announced it!
At that time they will say,
“Look, here is our God!
We waited for him and he delivered us.
Here is the LORD! We waited for him.
Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”
For the LORD’s power will make this mountain secure.
Moab will be trampled down where it stands,
as a heap of straw is trampled down in a manure pile.
Moab will spread out its hands in the middle of it,
just as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim;
the LORD will bring down Moab’s pride as it spreads its hands.
The fortified city (along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down,
he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.

ያዳምጡ Isaiah 25