Isaiah praises the LORD, who has done wonderful things, a refuge for the poor and needy. On this mountain the LORD will prepare a feast for all peoples. He will swallow up death forever, and wipe away tears from all faces.
1 O LORD , thou art my God ; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name ; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth .
2 For thou hast made of a city an heap ; of a defenced city a ruin : a palace of strangers to be no city ; it shall never be built .
3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor , a strength to the needy in his distress , a refuge from the storm , a shadow from the heat , when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall .
5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers , as the heat in a dry place ; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud : the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low .
6 And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things , a feast of wines on the lees , of fat things full of marrow , of wines on the lees well refined .
7 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 .
8 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.
9 And it shall be said in that day , Lo, this is our God ; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD ; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation .
10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest , and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill .
11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim : and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands .
12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down , lay low , and bring to the ground , even to the dust .