Isaiah · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Isaiah 25 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 O Lord, thou art my God, I will exalt thee, and give glory to thy name: for thou hast done wonderful things, thy designs of old faithful, amen.
1 Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and truth.
2 For thou hast reduced the city to a heap, the strong city to ruin, the house of strangers, to be no city, and to be no more built up for ever.
2 For you have made a city into a heap, a fortified city into a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city. It will never be built.
3 Therefore shall a strong people praise thee, the city of mighty nations shall fear thee.
3 Therefore a strong people will glorify you. A city of awesome nations will fear you.
4 Because thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress: a refuge from the whirlwind, a shadow from the heat. For the blast of the mighty is like a whirlwind beating against a wall.
4 For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.
5 Thou shalt bring down the tumult of strangers, as heat in thirst: and as with heat under a burning cloud, thou shalt make the branch of the mighty to wither away.
5 As the heat in a dry place you will bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the dreaded ones will be brought low.
6 And the Lord of hosts shall make unto all people in this mountain, a feast of fat things, a feast of wine, of fat things full of marrow, of wine purified from the lees.
6 In this mountain, Yahweh of Armies will make all peoples a feast of choice meat, a feast of choice wines, of choice meat full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.
7 And he shall destroy in this mountain the face of the bond with which all people were tied, and the web that he began over all nations.
7 He will destroy in this mountain the surface of the covering that covers all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
8 He shall cast death down headlong for ever: and the Lord God shall wipe away tears from every face, and the reproach of his people he shall take away from off the whole earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
8 He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.
9 And they shall say in that day: Lo, this is our God, we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord, we have patiently waited for him, we shall rejoice and be joyfull in his salvation.
9 It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”
10 For the hand of the Lord shall rest in this mountain: and Moab shall be trodden down under him, as straw is broken in pieces with the wain.
10 For Yahweh’s hand will rest in this mountain. Moab will be trodden down in his place, even like straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.
11 And he shall stretch forth his hands under him, as he that swimmeth stretcheth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down his glory with the dashing of his hands.
11 He will spread out his hands in the middle of it, like one who swims spreads out hands to swim, but his pride will be humbled together with the craft of his hands.
12 And the bulwarks of thy high walls shall fall, and be brought low, and shall be pulled down to the ground, even to the dust.
12 He has brought the high fortress of your walls down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.
Cross references (12)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 15:2; Psalm 118:28; Numbers 23:19; Psalm 98:1; Psalm 40:5
- 2 Isaiah 17:1; Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 25:12; Isaiah 21:9; Deuteronomy 13:16
- 3 Psalm 46:10–11; Zechariah 14:9; Zechariah 14:16; Isaiah 49:23–26; Isaiah 60:10–14
- 4 Zephaniah 3:12; James 2:5; Isaiah 32:2; Matthew 7:25–27; Job 5:15–16
- 5 Isaiah 54:15–17; Isaiah 49:10; Isaiah 10:32–34; Ezekiel 32:18–32; Isaiah 13:11
- 6 Matthew 8:11; Psalm 63:5; Jeremiah 31:12–13; Revelation 19:9; Zechariah 9:16–17
- 7 Ephesians 4:18; Isaiah 60:1–3; Matthew 27:51; 2 Corinthians 3:13–18; Hebrews 10:19–21
- 8 Revelation 21:4; Revelation 7:17; 1 Corinthians 15:54; Hosea 13:14; 1 Corinthians 15:26
- 9 Psalm 27:14; Genesis 49:18; Micah 7:7; Isaiah 26:8–9; Revelation 1:7
- 10 Isaiah 18:4; Amos 2:1–3; Jeremiah 48:2; Zephaniah 3:15–17; Zephaniah 2:9
- 11 Isaiah 16:6; Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 14:26; Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 16:14
- 12 Revelation 18:21; Isaiah 26:5; Isaiah 14:23; Isaiah 15:1; Jeremiah 51:58
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… who [was born] of the Virgin Mary, who also suffered, in whom too we trust, and whom we love; as Esaias says: "And they shall say in that day, Behold our Lord God, in whom we have trusted, and we have rejoiced in our salvation;" and Peter says in his Epistle: "Whom, not seeing, ye love; in whom, though now …
For Death prevailed and devoured; and again, God wiped away every tear from off every face.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Just as Esaias the prophet says, "Death devoured when it had prevailed." And again, "God has wiped away every tear from every face." Thus that former life is expelled, because it was not given by the Spirit, but by the breath.
But though in former times death was mighty and devoured, at the holy Laver of regeneration God has wiped away every tear from off all faces.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)