KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Isaiah 25:7
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
WEB World English Bible
He will destroy in this mountain the surface of the covering that covers all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And swallowed up hath He in this mountain The face of the wrapping that is wrapped over all the peoples, And of the covering that is spread over all the nations.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 25
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.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּבִלַּע֙H1104 · ba.lato swallow upבָּהָ֣רH2022 · harmountain: mountהַזֶּ֔הH2088 · zehthisפְּנֵֽי־H6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהַלּ֥וֹט׀H3875 · lotcoveringהַלּ֖וֹטH3874 · lutto wrapעַל־H5921 · aluponכָּל־H3605 · kolallהָֽעַמִּ֑יםH5971 · ampeopleוְהַמַּסֵּכָ֥הH4541 · mas.se.khahliquidהַנְּסוּכָ֖הH5259 · na.sakhto weaveעַל־H5921 · aluponכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַגּוֹיִֽם׃H1471 · goynation
Cross-references
Ephesians 4:18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:Isaiah 60:1-3Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.Matthew 27:51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;2 Corinthians 3:13-18And not as Moses, [which] put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:Hebrews 10:19-21Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,Acts 17:30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:Hebrews 9:24For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, [which are] the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:Ephesians 3:5-6Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;Ephesians 5:8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:Luke 2:32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.Hebrews 9:8The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
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