Isaías 25

ARC · Chapter 25/66

1Ó Senhor, tu és o meu Deus; exaltar-te-hei a ti, e louvarei o teu nome, porque fizeste maravilhas: os teus conselhos antigos são verdade e firmeza.

2Porque da cidade fizeste um montão de pedras, e da forte cidade uma inteira ruina, e do paço dos estranhos, que não seja mais cidade, e jámais se torne a edificar.

3Pelo que te glorificará um poderoso povo, e a cidade das nações formidaveis te temerá.

4Porque foste a fortaleza do pobre, e a fortaleza do necessitado, na sua angustia: refugio contra o alagamento, e sombra contra o calor; porque o sopro dos tyrannos é como o alagamento contra o muro.

5Como o calor em logar secco, assim abaterás o impeto dos estranhos; como se aplaca o calor pela sombra da espessa nuvem, assim o cantico dos tyrannos será humilhado.

6E o Senhor dos Exercitos fará n'este monte a todos os povos um convite de cevados, convite de vinhos puros, de tutanos gordos, e de vinhos puros, bem purificados.

7E devorará n'este monte a mascara do rosto, com que todos os povos andam cobertos, e a cobertura com que todas as nações se cobrem.

8Devorará tambem a morte com victoria, e assim enxugará o Senhor Jehovah as lagrimas de todos os rostos, e tirará o opprobrio do seu povo de toda a terra; porque o Senhor o disse.

9E n'aquelle dia se dirá: Eis-que este é o nosso Deus, a quem aguardavamos, e elle nos salvará: este é o Senhor, a quem aguardavamos: na sua salvação pois nos gozaremos e alegraremos.

10Porque a mão do Senhor descançará n'este monte; mas Moab será trilhado debaixo d'elle, como se trilha a palha no monturo.

11E estenderá as suas mãos por entre elles, como as estende o nadador para nadar: e abaterá a sua altivez com as ciladas das suas mãos d'elles.

12E abaixará as altas fortalezas dos teus muros, as abaterá e as derribará em terra até ao pó.

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Summary

A song of praise and hope: God will prepare a great feast for all peoples, destroy death forever, and wipe away the tears from every face. Moab, however, will continue to be humbled.

Explanation

The 'feast for all peoples' is one of the most striking images in the book, portraying salvation not as an event exclusive to Israel but as a universal invitation to all nations. The phrase 'he will swallow up death in victory' is quoted directly by the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:54 when speaking of the resurrection, and 'he will wipe away the tears from all faces' reappears almost word for word in Revelation 21:4, showing how this prophecy shaped the biblical vision of ultimate hope. The continued mention of Moab serves as a counterpoint: even amid grand promises of universal salvation, the pride of specific nations would still be judged. The application today is that the Christian hope of final victory over death has deep roots in this prophetic text written centuries before Christ.

Fun facts

  • The phrase 'he will swallow up death in victory' is quoted literally by Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:54, one of the most direct connections between Isaiah and the New Testament on the theme of resurrection.
  • 'He will wipe away the tears from all faces' is picked up almost word for word in Revelation 21:4, showing how the Bible's final vision of the end of the age directly echoes this prophecy of Isaiah.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Isaías 25:1After the chapters of judgment, a personal song of praise begins: Isaiah exalts God for carrying out His ancient plans with absolute faithfulness, “faithfulness and truth” — the certainty that old promises are fulfilled exactly as planned.
  2. Isaías 25:2Praises God for turning a fortified city into a heap of rubble, utterly ruining the palace of strangers — probably a reference to an enemy capital that will never be rebuilt.
  3. Isaías 25:3As a result of this display of power, even powerful peoples and fearsome cities will come to fear and glorify God.
  4. Isaías 25:4Describes God as a refuge for the poor and needy in their distress — protection from flood and shade from heat, images of relief compared to the oppression of tyrants, like a storm beating against a wall.
  5. Isaías 25:5Continues the image: just as a cloud eases the desert heat, God will subdue the arrogant noise of tyrants, silencing their threat as if it were heat cooled by shade.
  6. Isaías 25:6The feast “of fat things full of marrow” describes the finest cuts of meat and the best-strained wines possible, a banquet fit for a king. Here it is offered by God to all peoples, not only to Judah.
  7. Isaías 25:7The veil and covering over the faces of all peoples is an image of mourning or widespread ignorance. The text describes this covering being removed, a poetic way of announcing the end of a period of collective suffering.
  8. Isaías 25:8The promise of swallowing up death is read quite differently by various traditions, some as a final victory over death itself, others as the end of a specific period of suffering. The text itself does not spell out the mechanism, it only describes tears being wiped away.
  9. Isaías 25:9In that day, the people will publicly acknowledge that this is the God they had been waiting for, the one who finally saved them — a moment of collective joy after so much waiting for the promised salvation.
  10. Isaías 25:10The “hand of the LORD” will rest on Mount Zion, but Moab, an old enemy, will be trampled down like straw thrown on a dunghill — an image of total humiliation for those who opposed God.
  11. Isaías 25:11Describes Moab struggling like a swimmer trying to swim, but God will bring down its pride despite all the skill it tries to use to escape.
  12. Isaías 25:12Ends the oracle by completely tearing down Moab’s high fortifications, reducing everything to dust — the definitive end of any defense the nation might have had.

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