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Isaiah 25:6-9
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April 5, 2026
Overview & Insights
“On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples… he will swallow up death forever.” (Isaiah 25:6–8)
Devastation and Renewal for the Whole Land: The word massa’ no longer introduces the prophecies, but not until chapter 28 do we return to the direct, confrontational challenges to the people of God that dominate chapters 1–12. Chapters 24–27 thus stand out from the material on either side. The canvas broadens yet further than it had in chapters 13–23, but the tone of these chapters continues. The prophecy depicts further disaster and devastation, but makes fewer references to specific peoples. The effect is to convey a more terrifying impression of calamity for any city or land (such as whichever one the hearers belong to). Beyond that, this section envisages Yahweh’s dealing with powers in heaven as well as powers on earth. It also envisages comfort and deliverance for all peoples on a day when death is swallowed up forever—a more radically new day than any of which we have read so far in the book.
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Commentary
Isaiah 25 Commentary: The Song of Joy from the Midst Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik unfolds the mountain banquet and God swallowing up death forever.
Isaiah 25:6-9 - Center for Excellence in Preaching Center for Excellence in Preaching
A Reformed preaching commentary reading the feast as the promised end of death and the wiped-away tear.
Commentary on Isaiah 25:6-9 - Working Preacher Working Preacher
The exact passage carries an RCL commentary (All Saints), applied here to the Easter theme of death defeated.
Isaiah 25:6 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentators compared verse by verse on the eschatological banquet.
Background & Word Study
Isaiah 25:6 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew text with parsing and Strong's numbers for the feast of rich food and aged wine.
Isaiah 25 | Sefaria Library Sefaria
The Hebrew with JPS translation and linked classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.
Isaiah 25:6-10a: A Feast of Rich Food - Enter the Bible Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary background situating the passage as one of the most hopeful day-of-the-Lord texts.
Book of Isaiah Summary | Watch an Overview Video (Part 1) BibleProject
BibleProject's overview frames chapters 1 to 39 and the hope woven through Isaiah's judgment.
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Questions preachers ask
What is the feast on the mountain?
Isaiah pictures God spreading a banquet of rich food and aged wine for all nations, wiping away every tear and destroying death itself. It is one of the Bible’s great images of the age to come, fitting the Gospel’s wedding banquet.
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