Isaiah 25:7
in Isaiah 25On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
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ASV
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that covereth all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
KJV
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
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This verse in Isaiah 25
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And he will destroy - Hebrew, ‘He will swallow up,’ that is, he will abolish, remove, or take away. In this mountain the face of the covering - In mount Zion, or in Jerusalem. This would be done in Jerusalem, or on the mountains of which Jerusalem was a part, where the great transactions of the plan of redemption would be accomplished. The word ‘face’ here is used as it is frequently among the Hebrews, where the face of a thing denotes its aspect. or appearance, and then the thing itself.
This site's exposition
the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast
on Isaiah 25:6-7
The feast is set on this mountain, the same Zion just named in the previous song, and its guest list is deliberately as wide as the judgment already described, a feast of fat things unto all people, not one nation set above the rest. The vail spread over all nations is destroyed in the same verse, a covering that has kept the nations from seeing clearly, and the older writers, Henry and Delitzsch among them, read the vail's removal as this book's own anticipation of the gospel opening to the Gentiles, a reading the church has carried rather than a formal citation the New Testament makes. The feast of wines on the lees well refined pictures abundance fully prepared, nothing thin or unfinished offered to the guests. A mountain that once held only Israel's altar now holds a table set for every nation the burdens had judged.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verses 6-8.) And the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples on this mountain a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken.
The Medieval Church1 voice
590. Second, as to the removal of evils: and he shall destroy, as to the punishment of death, which he calls a bond, inasmuch as we are bound to it from sin, and a web inasmuch as it is a just sentence woven by God: …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
There is a veil spread over all nations, for they all sit in darkness; and no marvel, when the Jews themselves, among whom God was known, had a veil upon their hearts, 2 Cor. iii. But this veil the Lord will destroy, by the light of his gospel shining in the world, and the power of his Spirit opening men's eyes to receive it.
The face - The covering of the face. The veil - The ignorance of God, and of the true religion, which then was upon the Gentiles, and now is upon the Jews.
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people,....
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The covering or veil is the mist of ignorance as to a future state, and the way to eternal life, which enveloped the nations (Eph 4:18) and the unbelieving Jew (2Co 3:15). The Jew, however, is first to be converted before the conversion of "all nations"; for it is "in this mountain," namely, Zion, that the latter are to have the veil taken off (Ps 102:13, 15, 16, 21, 22;
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The face of the covering cast over all people “The covering that covered the face of all the peoples” - MS. Bodl. reads על פני כל al peney chol. The word פני peney, face, has been removed from its right place into the line above, where it makes no sense; as Houbigant conjectured. “The face of the covering,” etc. He will unveil all the Mosaic ritual, and show by his apostles that it referred to, and was accomplished in, the sacrificial offering of Jesus Christ.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבִלַּע֙ | uvila' | and he will swallow up | H1104 → | 49 times |
| בָּהָ֣ר | bahar | on the mountain | H2022 → | 546 times |
| הַזֶּ֔ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| פְּנֵֽי־ | penei- | [the] surface of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַלּ֥וֹט׀ | halot | the covering | H3875 → | |
| הַלּ֖וֹט | halot | which covers | H3874 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָֽעַמִּ֑ים | haamim | the peoples | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וְהַמַּסֵּכָ֥ה | vehammasekhah | and the woven stuff | H4541 → | 28 times |
| הַנְּסוּכָ֖ה | hanesukhah | which is woven | H5259 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ | hagoyim | the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
וּבִלַּע֙and he will swallow up
uvila'H1104 →49 times
בָּהָ֣רon the mountain
baharH2022 →546 times
הַזֶּ֔ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
פְּנֵֽי־[the] surface of
penei-H6440 →2123 times
הַלּ֥וֹט׀the covering
halotH3875 →
הַלּ֖וֹטwhich covers
halotH3874 →
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָֽעַמִּ֑יםthe peoples
haamimH5971 →1873 times
וְהַמַּסֵּכָ֥הand the woven stuff
vehammasekhahH4541 →28 times
הַנְּסוּכָ֖הwhich is woven
hanesukhahH5259 →
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַגּוֹיִֽם׃the nations
hagoyimH1471 →561 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ephesians 4:18They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
it leads to
- Matthew 13:15
For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts,…
- Ephesians 2:12
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
- Romans 1:21–23
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
- John 12:40
“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”
- Matthew 13:15
Through
Matthew 27:51At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:19–22
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
- Mark 15:38
And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
- Hebrews 6:19
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
- Luke 23:45
The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.
- Hebrews 10:19–22
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About Isaiah
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.