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. HE WILL DESTROY IN THIS MOUNTAIN THE FACE OF THE COVERING - image from mourning, in which it was usual to cover the face with a veil (). "The face of the covering" - i:e., the covering itself, as , "the face of his garment;" the garment itself. The "covering" or 'veil' is the mist of ignorance as to a future state and the way to eternal life which enveloped the nations () and the unbelieving Jew (). The Jew, however, is first to be converted, before the conversion of 'all nations;' for it is "in this mountai...

7._And he will destroy the face of the covering. _(143) Here also commentators differ, for by the word _covering _is meant the disgrace with which believers are covered in this world, so that the glory of God is not seen in them; as if he had said, “Though many reproaches oppress the godly, yet God will take away those reproaches, and will make their condition glorious. I pass by other interpretations; but, in my opinion, the true meaning is, that the Lord promises that he will take away the veil by which they were kept in blindness and ignorance; and therefore it was by the light of the gospel that this darkness was dispelled. _In that mountain. _He says that this will be in mount Zion, from which also the light of the word shone on the whole world, as we have already seen. (Isaiah 2:3.) This passage, therefore, must unavoidably be r

6-8 The kind reception of repentant sinners, is often in the New Testament likened to a feast. The guests invited are all people, Gentiles as well as Jews. There is that in the gospel which strengthens and makes glad the heart, and is fit for those who are under convictions of sin, and mourning for it. There is a veil spread over all nations, for all sat in darkness. But this veil the Lord will destroy, by the light of his gospel shining in the world, and the power of his Spirit opening men's eyes to receive it. He will raise those to spiritual life who were long dead in trespasses and sins. Christ will himself, in his resurrection, triumph over death. Grief shall be banished; there shall be perfect and endless joy. Those that mourn for sin shall be comforted. Those who suffer for Christ shall have consolations. But in the joys of heaven, and not short of them, will fully be brought to...

Verse Isaiah 25:7. _THE FACE OF THE COVERING CAST OVER ALL PEOPLE _- "The covering that covered the face of all the peoples"] MS. _Bodl_. reads על פני כל _al peney chol_. The word פני _peney, face_, has been removed from its right place into the line above, where it makes no sense; as _Houbigant_ conjectured. "The face of the covering," c. He will unveil all the Mosaic ritual, and show by his apostles that it referred to, and was accomplished in, the sacrificial offering of Jesus Christ....

AND HE WILL DESTROY - Hebrew, ‘He will swallow up,’ that is, he will abolish, remove, or take away. IN THIS MOUNTAIN THE FACE OF THE COVERING - In mount Zion, or in Jerusalem. This would be done in Jerusalem, or on the mountains of which Jerusalem was a part, where the great transactions of the plan of redemption would be accomplished. The word ‘face’ here is used as it is frequently among the Hebrews, where the face of a thing denotes its aspect. or appearance, and then the thing itself. Thus ‘the face of God’ is put for God himself; the ‘face of the earth’ for the earth itself; and the ‘face of the vail’ means the veil itself, or the appearance of the veil. To cover the head or the face was a common mode of expressing grief (see 2Sa 15:30; 2 Samuel 19:5;...

EXPOSITION ISAIAH 25:1 ISAIAH'S SONG OF PRAISE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GOD'S KINGDOM. AS in Isaiah 12:1, after describing the first setting up of Christ's kingdom and the call of the Gentiles, the prophet broke out into song, through joy at the tidings he was commissioned to announce, so now, having proclaimed the final establishment of the same kingdom in the heavenly Zion, he is again carried away by the sense of exultant gladness into a fresh _Lobgesang_, which he utters in his own person—not, as the former one, in the person of the Church. His song divides itself into three

AND HE WILL DESTROY IN THIS MOUNTAIN THE FACE OF THE COVERING CAST OVER ALL PEOPLE,.... Or, "the covering of the face" f; that which has covered the face of all people; that darkness which has been spread over them, partly by Mahomet, and his Alcoran, and partly by the pope of Rome, and his party; the covering of human doctrines and traditions seems chiefly intended, which now will be removed, as well as all Pagan and Mahometan darkness, through the clear ministration of the everlasting Gospel, which will be spread with power, and in its purity, throughout the whole world; see Isaiah 60:1 more especially this may respect the light and glory of the New Jerusalem state, in which Christ will be the light thereof, and the nations of them that are saved shall walk in it, and Satan will be bound a thousand years, that he may not deceive the nations any more,...

CHAPTER 25 Israel's Praise and the Blessings of the Kingdom 1. _The praise of the delivered nation (Isaiah 25:1)_ 2. _The blessing for all nations during the Kingdom (Isaiah 25:6)_ 3. _Israel rejoicing after waiting (Isaiah 25:9)_ 4. _Moab and Israel's enemies judged (Isaiah 25:10)_ In the foreground of this chapter stands another hymn of praise, which redeemed Israel will sing in “that day.” Jehovah has done wonderful things for His people. Compare with Isaiah 12:5 ;

YAHWEH'S FEAST TO ALL NATIONS IN MOUNT ZION. Here the apocalypse is resumed. The universalism of the passage is especially noteworthy. We have here one of the most catholic passages in the entire Old Testament, and one of the tenderest presentations of Yahweh (Gray). Yahweh will provide for all nations a rich feast in Mt. Zion, a banquet of fat and marrowy dainties, and of wine on the lees well strained (p. 111). Here too He will tear from their face the mourner's veil and dry the tears He then sees upon the face. There will be no more death, no sorrow or shame. ISAIAH 25:7. FACE OF THE COVERING: the outer side of the veil; _cf._ Job 41:13. Isaiah 25:8. Duhm regards the first clause as an insertion, bre

DESTROY. swallow up, as in Isaiah 25:8. THIS MOUNTAIN: i.e. Zion (Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 24:23). CAST. covered. PEOPLE. the peoples....