Isaiah 25:8-9

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 

25:9 At that time they will say, ³ 

“Look, here ⁴  is our God!

We waited for him and he delivered us.

Here ⁵  is the Lord! We waited for him.

Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”

[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).

[25:9]  ³ tn Heb “and one will say in that day.”

[25:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “this [one].”

[25:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “this [one].”