Isaiah 25:8

25:8 he will swallow up death permanently. ¹ 

The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face,

and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth.

Indeed, the Lord has announced it! ² 

Isaiah 33:20

33:20 Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals!

You ³  will see Jerusalem, ⁴ 

a peaceful settlement,

a tent that stays put; ⁵ 

its stakes will never be pulled up;

none of its ropes will snap in two.

[25:8]  ¹ sn The image of the Lord “swallowing” death would be especially powerful, for death was viewed in Canaanite mythology and culture as a hungry enemy that swallows its victims. See the note at 5:14.

[25:8]  ² tn Heb “has spoken” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[33:20]  ³ tn Heb “your eyes” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[33:20]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[33:20]  ⁵ tn Or “that does not travel”; NASB “which shall not be folded.”