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title: "Commentary on Isaiah, Volume 2"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "William Pringle"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 55 of 62
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-isaiah-volume-2/55/
cite: "John Calvin, tr. William Pringle, Commentary on Isaiah, Volume 2, section 55. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-isaiah-volume-2/55/"
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# Commentary on Isaiah, Volume 2

*John Calvin, tr. William Pringle*

Calvin on the prophet Isaiah, volume 2 of 4.

## 55. Chapter 25

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[¶0] 1 O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee; I will praise thy name; For thou hast done a wonderful thing; Counsels which have been already decreed of old; Firm truth.

[¶1] 2 For thou hast made of a city a heap; A fortified city to be a ruin; A palace of foreigners, that it may not be a city, That it may never be built.

[¶2] 3 Therefore shall the mighty people glorify thee; The city of the powerful nations shall fear thee.

[¶3] 4 For thou hast been strength to the poor; Strength to the needy in his affliction; A refuge from the flood, A shadow from the heat; For the breath of the strong ones Was as a storm against the wall.

[¶4] 5 As the heat in a dry place, Thou wilt lay low the noise of foreigners, As the heat by the shadow of a cloud; The shouting of the strong ones wilt thou lay low.

[¶5] 6 And Jehovah of hosts will make For all people in that mountain A feast of fat things, A feast of liquids purified, Of fat things full of marrow, Of liquids purified.

[¶6] 7 And he will destroy in that mountain The face of the covering with which all nations were covered, And the veil which was spread over all nations.

[¶7] 8 He hath destroyed death eternally. And the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from all faces, And will take away the disgrace of his people from all the earth; For Jehovah hath spoken it.

[¶8] 9 And it shall he said in that day: Lo, this is our God; We have waited for him, And he will save us; This is Jehovah; We have waited for him; We will rejoice and be glad in his salvation.

[¶9] 10 For the hand of Jehovah shall rest on that mountain; And Moab shall be trodden down under him, As straw is trodden down on the dunghill.

[¶10] 11 And he will spread out his hand under the midst of them, As a swimmer spreadeth forth his hands to swim; And he will lay low their pride, With the arms of their hands.

[¶11] 12 And the fortress of the loftiness of thy walls He will bring down, He will lay low, And he will cast down to the ground, To the dust.