Isaiah 25:1-12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 25:1-5

It is said in the close of the foregoing chapter that the Lord of hosts shall reign gloriously; now, in compliance with this, the prophet here speaks of the glorious majesty of his kingdom (Ps. 145:12), and gives him the glory of it; and, however this prophecy might have an accomplishment in the destruction of Babylon and the deliverance of the Jews out of their captivity there, it seems to look further, to the praises that should be offered up to God by the gospel church for Christ's... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 25:6-8

If we suppose (as many do) that this refers to the great joy which there should be in Zion and Jerusalem when the army of the Assyrians was routed by an angel, or when the Jews were released out of their captivity in Babylon, or upon occasion of some other equally surprising deliverance, yet we cannot avoid making it to look further, to the grace of the gospel and the glory which is the crown and consummation of that grace; for it is at our resurrection through Christ that the saying here... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 25:9-12

Here is, I. The welcome which the church shall give to these blessings promised in the foregoing verses (Isa. 25:9): It shall be said in that day, with a humble holy triumph and exultation, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him! Thus will the deliverance of the church out of long and sore troubles be celebrated; thus will it be as life from the dead. With such transports of joy and praise will those entertain the glad tidings of the Redeemer who looked for him, and for redemption in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 25:1

O Lord, thou art my God ,.... Not by creation and providence only, but by covenant and grace. This is the first and foundation blessing of grace, and secures all the rest; in this true happiness consists, and is preferable to every other enjoyment; the knowledge of it is come at in effectual calling, and by the witnessing of the Spirit; it is the highest attainment of grace to be assured of it; and though it is not always seen and known, it will always remain, and will be the glory of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 25:2

For thou hast made of a city an heap ,.... Which is to be understood, not of Samaria, nor of Jerusalem; rather of Babylon; though it is best to interpret it of the city of Rome, as Jerom says the Jews do; though they generally explain it of many cities, which shall be destroyed in the times of Gog and Magog, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi; and so the Targum has it in the plural number; perhaps not only the city of Rome, but all the antichristian states, the cities of the nations, all within the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 25:3

Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee ,.... To whom the Lord is strength, as in the following verse Isaiah 25:4 ; who are strong in the Lord, in the power of his might, and in the grace that is in him; or such of the antichristian party as shall be awakened and convinced by the judgments of God on antichrist, and shall be converted, these shall give glory to the God of heaven, Revelation 11:13 , the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee ; or such who have belonged to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 25:4

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress ,.... The people of God, who are poor and needy, both in a literal and in a spiritual sense; and especially when under afflicted circumstances, in times of desertion, temptation, bodily affliction, and persecution from men, which may be here chiefly intended; to whom the Lord is a strength: he strengthens their hearts, and his own grace in them; he sheds abroad his love in their hearts, which makes their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 25:5

Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers ,.... Such as are strangers to God and godliness, to Christ, his Gospel, and truths, to the Spirit and his operations of grace; the clamour and noise of such against true religion, and the professors of it, their persecuting rage and fury, this the Lord in his own time will bring down, and cause to cease, and it shall be heard no more: as the heat in a dry place : which parches the earth, and burns and dries up the grass and fruits of it; to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 25:6

And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things ,.... Which is to be understood, not of the ultimate glory of the saints in heaven; which is sometimes represented by a feast; and the participation of it, by sitting down with the saints at a table in the kingdom of God, and by drinking wine there, to which state the best things are reserved, Matthew 8:11 , but rather of the Gospel dispensation, which lies in the ministration of the word and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 25:7

And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people ,.... Or, "the covering of the face" F6 פני הלוט "velum faciei", Piscator. ; that which has covered the face of all people; that darkness which has been spread over them, partly by Mahomet, and his Alcoran, and partly by the pope of Rome, and his party; the covering of human doctrines and traditions seems chiefly intended, which now will be removed, as well as all Pagan and Mahometan darkness,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 25:1-5

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 25:6-8

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 25:9-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 25:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 25:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 25:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 25:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 25:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 25:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 25:7

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