Thou shalt bring down the noise of the strangers, [a]as the heat in a dry place; he will bring down the song of the mighty, as [b]the heat in the shadow of a cloud.

And in this [c]mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, even a feast of fined wines, and of fat things full of marrow, of wines fined and purified.

And he will destroy in this mountain [d]the covering that covereth all people, and the veil that is spread upon all nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 25:5 Meaning, that as the heat is abated by the rain, so shall God bring down the rage of the wicked.
  2. Isaiah 25:5 As a cloud shadoweth from the heat of the sun, so shall God assuage the rejoicing of the wicked against the godly.
  3. Isaiah 25:6 To wit, in Zion, whereby he meaneth his Church, which should under Christ be assembled of the Jews and the Gentiles, and is here described under the figure of a costly banquet, as Matt. 22:2.
  4. Isaiah 25:7 Meaning, that ignorance and blindness, whereby we are kept back from Christ.

    and like the heat of the desert.
You silence(A) the uproar of foreigners;(B)
    as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,
    so the song of the ruthless(C) is stilled.

On this mountain(D) the Lord Almighty will prepare
    a feast(E) of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
    the best of meats and the finest of wines.(F)
On this mountain he will destroy
    the shroud(G) that enfolds all peoples,(H)
the sheet that covers all nations;

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