Isa. 25:1–5 Human domination is overthrown by God.
Isa. 25:1 you are my God. Though worldwide in scope, redemption is personal. Wonderful things refers especially to the remarkable acts of God, which bear the marks of his supernatural intervention in the natural world and human events (see 9:6). plans formed of old. Not a last-minute attempt but a long-assured victory (see 14:24–27).
Isa. 25:2 the city. See note on 24:10.
Isa. 25:4–5 stronghold. The redeemed have in God something better than the “fortified city” of man (v. 2).
Isa. 25:6–8 God relieves human sorrow.
Isa. 25:6 for all peoples. The five uses of “all” in vv. 6–8 suggests the fullness of God’s salvation. a feast. This is God’s generous answer to the worldly partying silenced in 24:7–11 (see 55:1–2; Rev. 19:9).
Isa. 25:7–8 the covering . . . the veil. The pall of death hanging over all human activity under the curse (see Gen. 3:17–19). God will swallow it up and give back life (see Rev. 1:17–18). At some future time God’s people will no longer experience death but will live forever.
Isa. 25:9–12 God humbles human pride.
Isa. 25:9 Behold. See 24:1. At last, the reality of a renewed society and a renewed earth anticipated by those who patiently waited (see the expectation in 40:9–11). this is our God. An expression of wholehearted identification with him (see Ex. 29:45–46). we have waited. Salvation is worth the wait, and is even worth the reproach of Isa. 25:8.
Isa. 25:10 dunghill. The alternative to the feast of v. 6.
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