Isaiah 25:1-12
Map: Loves and trust in the ALMIGHTY God-success and happiness in life; He can made a city a heap of rubble..fortified town a ruin vs 1,2; STRONG peoples will HONOUR you vs 3, ruthless nations will revere you; refuge for the poor, refuge for the needy in his distress; a shelter from the storm; a shade from the heat; on the mountain the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine – the best of meats and the finest of wines vs 6, NIV; ..will swallow up death for ever….YET to be fulfilled; ..will wipe away the tears;..trusted in him, and he saved us, …rejoice and be glad in his salvation;..God will bring down their pride despite the cleverness of their hands…bring down your high fortified walls…dust vs 8-12.
Prophecy yet to be fulfilled.
Isaiah 25:1-12, GNB
[1]Lord, you are my God; I will honour you and praise your name. You have done amazing things; you have faithfully carried out the plans you made long ago.
[2]You have turned cities into ruins and destroyed their fortifications. The palaces which our enemies built are gone for ever.
[3]The people of powerful nations will praise you; you will be feared in the cities of cruel nations.
[4]The poor and the helpless have fled to you and have been safe in times of trouble. You give them shelter from storms and shade from the burning heat. Cruel enemies attack like a winter storm,
[5]like drought in a dry land. But you, Lord, have silenced our enemies; you silence the shouts of cruel people, as a cloud cools a hot day.
[6]Here on Mount Zion the Lord Almighty will prepare a banquet for all the nations of the world — a banquet of the richest food and the finest wine.
[7]Here he will suddenly remove the cloud of sorrow that has been hanging over all the nations.
[8]The Sovereign Lord will destroy death for ever! He will wipe away the tears from everyone’s eyes and take away the disgrace his people have suffered throughout the world. The Lord himself has spoken!
[9]When it happens, everyone will say, “He is our God! We have put our trust in him, and he has rescued us. He is the Lord! We have put our trust in him, and now we are happy and joyful because he has saved us.”
[10]The Lord will protect Mount Zion, but the people of Moab will be trampled down, just as straw is trampled in manure.
[11]They will stretch out their hands as if they were trying to swim, but God will humiliate them, and their hands will sink helplessly.
[12]He will destroy the fortresses of Moab with their high walls and bring them tumbling down into the dust.