Isaiah 25:8 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.

BSB

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ASV

He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

KJV

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Letter 44.9 (397)

In the Old Testament the jaw of death is bitter, since it is said, "Strong death is all devouring." In the New Testament the jaw of death is sweet, for it has swallowed death, as the apostle says: "Death is swallowed up in victory! O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

He - Christ will by his death destroy the power of death, take away the sting of the first death, and prevent the second. In victory - Hebrew. unto victory; so as to overcome it perfectly; which complete victory Christ hath already purchased for, and will in due time actually confer upon his people.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He will swallow up death - He, by the grace of God, will taste death for every man. Heb 2:9. Probably, swallow up death, and taste death, in both these verses, refer to the same thing: Jesus dying instead of a guilty world. These forms of speech may refer to the punishment of certain criminals; they were obliged to drink a cup of poison. That cup which every criminal in the world must have drunk, Jesus Christ drank for them; and thus he swallowed up death: but as he rose again from the dead, complete victory was gained.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בִּלַּ֤ע	bi.La'	he will swallow up	H1104 →
הַמָּ֙וֶת֙	ha.Ma.vet	<the> death	H4194 →
לָנֶ֔צַח	la.Ne.tzach	to perpetuity	H5331 →
וּמָחָ֨ה	u.ma.Chah	and he will wipe away	H4229 →
אֲדֹנָ֧י	'a.do.Nai	[the] Lord	H136 →
יְהוִ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3069 →
דִּמְעָ֖ה	dim.'Ah	tear[s]	H1832 →
מֵעַ֣ל	me.'Al	from on	H5921 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
פָּנִ֑ים	pa.Nim	face	H6440 →
וְחֶרְפַּ֣ת	ve.cher.Pat	and [the] reproach of	H2781 →
עַמּ֗וֹ	a.Mo	people his	H5971 →
יָסִיר֙	ya.Sir	he will remove	H5493 →
מֵעַ֣ל	me.'Al	from on	H5921 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָאָ֔רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
דִּבֵּֽר׃ פ	di.Ber	he has spoken	H1696 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 21:4
‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
leads to
- Revelation 7:17
  For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- 1 Corinthians 15:26
  The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
- Isaiah 35:10
  So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- Isaiah 60:20
  Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
Through
1 Corinthians 15:26
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
leads to
- Revelation 21:4
  ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
leads to
- John 7:37–38
  On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Psalms 36:8–9
  They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
- John 4:14
  But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Isaiah