Isaiah 25:9

יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהַי֙ אַתָּ֔ה אֲרֽוֹמִמְךָ֙ אוֹדֶ֣ה שִׁמְךָ֔ כִּ֥י עָשִׂ֖יתָ פֶּ֑לֶא עֵצ֥וֹת מֵרָחֹ֖ק אֱמ֥וּנָה אֹֽמֶן׃ O LORD, You are my God;
I will extol You, I will praise Your name.
For You planned graciousness^aSee 9.5. of old,
Counsels of steadfast faithfulness.

כִּ֣י שַׂ֤מְתָּ מֵעִיר֙ לַגָּ֔ל קִרְיָ֥ה בְצוּרָ֖ה לְמַפֵּלָ֑ה אַרְמ֤וֹן זָרִים֙ מֵעִ֔יר לְעוֹלָ֖ם לֹ֥א יִבָּנֶֽה׃ For You have turned a city into a stone heap,
A walled town into a ruin,
The citadel of strangers^bEmendation yields “arrogant men.” into rubble,^cMeaning of Heb. uncertain.
Never to be rebuilt.

עַל־כֵּ֖ן יְכַבְּד֣וּךָ עַם־עָ֑ז קִרְיַ֛ת גּוֹיִ֥ם עָרִיצִ֖ים יִֽירָאֽוּךָ׃ Therefore a fierce people must honor You,
A city of cruel nations must fear You.

כִּי־הָיִ֨יתָ מָע֥וֹז לַדָּ֛ל מָע֥וֹז לָאֶבְי֖וֹן בַּצַּר־ל֑וֹ מַחְסֶ֤ה מִזֶּ֙רֶם֙ צֵ֣ל מֵחֹ֔רֶב כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ עָרִיצִ֖ים כְּזֶ֥רֶם קִֽיר׃ For You have been a refuge for the poor man,
A shelter for the needy man in his distress—
Shelter from rainstorm, shade from heat.
When the fury of tyrants was like a winter^cMeaning of Heb. uncertain. rainstorm,

כְּחֹ֣רֶב בְּצָי֔וֹן שְׁא֥וֹן זָרִ֖ים תַּכְנִ֑יעַ חֹ֚רֶב בְּצֵ֣ל עָ֔ב זְמִ֥יר עָרִיצִ֖ים יַעֲנֶֽה׃ {פ}
The rage of strangers^bEmendation yields “arrogant men.” like heat in the desert,
You subdued the heat with the shade of clouds,
The singing^dMeaning of Heb. uncertain. Emendation yields “rainstorm”; cf. 4d. of the tyrants was vanquished.

וְעָשָׂה֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת לְכׇל־הָֽעַמִּים֙ בָּהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה מִשְׁתֵּ֥ה שְׁמָנִ֖ים מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה שְׁמָרִ֑ים שְׁמָנִים֙ מְמֻ֣חָיִ֔ם שְׁמָרִ֖ים מְזֻקָּקִֽים׃ The LORD of Hosts will make on this mount^eI.e., the Holy Land, as in 11.9; 14.25; 57.13.
For all the peoples
A banquet of ^cMeaning of Heb. uncertain.rich viands,
A banquet of choice wines—
Of rich viands seasoned with marrow,
Of choice wines^-c well refined.

וּבִלַּע֙ בָּהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה פְּנֵֽי־הַלּ֥וֹט ׀ הַלּ֖וֹט עַל־כׇּל־הָעַמִּ֑ים וְהַמַּסֵּכָ֥ה הַנְּסוּכָ֖ה עַל־כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ And He will destroy on this mount^eI.e., the Holy Land, as in 11.9; 14.25; 57.13. the shroud
That is drawn over the faces of all the peoples
And the covering that is spread
Over all the nations:

בִּלַּ֤ע הַמָּ֙וֶת֙ לָנֶ֔צַח וּמָחָ֨ה אֲדֹנָ֧י יֱהֹוִ֛ה דִּמְעָ֖ה מֵעַ֣ל כׇּל־פָּנִ֑ים וְחֶרְפַּ֣ת עַמּ֗וֹ יָסִיר֙ מֵעַ֣ל כׇּל־הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר׃ {פ}
He will destroy death^fPerhaps an allusion to the mass killings committed by the Assyrians; cf. 10.7; 14.20. forever.
My Lord GOD will wipe the tears away
From all faces
And will put an end to the reproach of ^gEmendation yields “peoples.”His people^-g
Over all the earth—
For it is the LORD who has spoken.

כִּי־תָנ֥וּחַ יַד־יְהֹוָ֖ה בָּהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וְנָ֤דוֹשׁ מוֹאָב֙ תַּחְתָּ֔יו כְּהִדּ֥וּשׁ מַתְבֵּ֖ן (במי) [בְּמ֥וֹ] מַדְמֵנָֽה׃ For the hand of the LORD shall descend
Upon this mount,^eI.e., the Holy Land, as in 11.9; 14.25; 57.13.
And Moab^hEmendation yields “Assyria”; cf. 14.25. shall be trampled under Him
As straw is threshed to bits at Madmenah.ⁱA village near Jerusalem; see 10.31. Emendation yields “As straw gets shredded in the threshing.”

וּפֵרַ֤שׂ יָדָיו֙ בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יְפָרֵ֥שׂ הַשֹּׂחֶ֖ה לִשְׂח֑וֹת וְהִשְׁפִּיל֙ גַּאֲוָת֔וֹ עִ֖ם אׇרְבּ֥וֹת יָדָֽיו׃ Then He will spread out His hands in their homeland,^jLit. “midst.”
As a swimmer spreads his hands out to swim,
And He will humble their pride
Along with ^kMeaning of Heb. uncertain. Emendation yields “their citadels”; cf. the next verse.the emblems of their power.^-k

וּמִבְצַ֞ר מִשְׂגַּ֣ב חוֹמֹתֶ֗יךָ הֵשַׁ֥ח הִשְׁפִּ֛יל הִגִּ֥יעַ לָאָ֖רֶץ עַד־עָפָֽר׃ {ס}         Yea, the secure fortification of their^lHeb. “your.” walls
He will lay low and humble,
Will raze to the ground, to the very dust.