God shall wipe Read simply, and shall wipe, or, and He shall wipe, according as it is thought necessary or not to begin a new sentence. The name of "God" is introduced from the parallel passage, Revelation 7:17: in Isaiah 25:8 the names used are those traditionally represented by "the Lord God."

there shall be no more death More exactly, death shall be no more, having been destroyed in the Lake of Fire, Revelation 20:14: not that the personification is put forward here.

neither sorrow … any more pain Better, neither shall there be sorrow, nor crying, nor pain any more. See Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 51:11; Isaiah 65:19.

for the former things are passed away for should probably be omitted; and the word for "former" is literally, first.

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