Isaiah 24:13

24:13 This is what will happen throughout ¹  the earth,

among the nations.

It will be like when they beat an olive tree,

and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest. ² 

Isaiah 25:6-7

25:6 The Lord who commands armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. ³ 

At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine –

tender meat and choicest wine. ⁴ 

25:7 On this mountain he will swallow up

the shroud that is over all the peoples, ⁵ 

the woven covering that is over all the nations; ⁶ 

Isaiah 61:9

61:9 Their descendants will be known among the nations,

their offspring among the peoples.

All who see them will recognize that

the Lord has blessed them.” ⁷ 

Isaiah 62:10

62:10 Come through! Come through the gates!

Prepare the way for the people!

Build it! Build the roadway!

Remove the stones!

Lift a signal flag for the nations!

[24:13]  ¹ tn Heb “in the midst of” (so KJV, ASV, NASB).

[24:13]  ² sn The judgment will severely reduce the earth’s population. See v. 6.

[25:6]  ³ sn That is, Mount Zion (see 24:23); cf. TEV; NLT “In Jerusalem.”

[25:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “And the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts] will make for all the nations on this mountain a banquet of meats, a banquet of wine dregs, meats filled with marrow, dregs that are filtered.”

[25:7]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text reads, “the face of the shroud, the shroud over all the nations.” Some emend the second הַלּוֹט (hallot) to a passive participle הַלּוּט (hallut, “that is wrapped”).

[25:7]  ⁶ sn The point of the imagery is unclear. Perhaps the shroud/covering referred to was associated with death in some way (see v. 8).

[61:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “all who see them will recognize them, that they [are] descendants [whom] the Lord has blessed.”