WEBVTT - Isaiah 25

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<v Speaker 1>to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm John Stonge

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<v Speaker 1>and today we're in Isaiah chapter 25 and we'll be

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<v Speaker 1>reading from the New English Translation. O Lord, you are

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<v Speaker 1>my God, I will exalt you in praise, I will

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<v Speaker 1>extol your fame. For you have done extraordinary things, and

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<v Speaker 1>executed plans made long ago exactly as you decreed. Indeed,

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<v Speaker 1>you have made the city into a heap of rubble,

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<v Speaker 1>the fortified town into a heap of ruins. The fortress

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<v Speaker 1>of foreigners is no longer a city. It will never

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<v Speaker 1>be rebuilt. So a strong nation will extol you. The

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<v Speaker 1>towns of powerful nations will fear you, for you are

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<v Speaker 1>a protector for the poor, a protector for the needy

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<v Speaker 1>in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm, a shade

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<v Speaker 1>from the heat. Though the breath of tyrants is like

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<v Speaker 1>a winter rainstorm, like heat in a dry land, you

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<v Speaker 1>humble the boasting foreigners. Just as the shadow of a

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<v Speaker 1>cloud causes the heat to subside, so he causes the

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<v Speaker 1>song of tyrants to to cease. The Lord who commands

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<v Speaker 1>armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on

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<v Speaker 1>this mountain. At this banquet there will be plenty of

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<v Speaker 1>meat and aged wine, tender meat and choicest wine. On

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<v Speaker 1>this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that is

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<v Speaker 1>over all the peoples, the woven covering that is over

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<v Speaker 1>all the nations. He will swallow up death permanently. The

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<v Speaker 1>Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face

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<v Speaker 1>and remove his people's disgrace from all the earth. Indeed,

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord has announced it. At that time they will say, Look,

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<v Speaker 1>here is our God. We waited for him and he

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<v Speaker 1>delivered us. Here is the Lord. We waited for him.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's rejoice and celebrate his deliverance. For the Lord's power

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<v Speaker 1>will make this mountain secure. Moab will be trampled down

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<v Speaker 1>where it stands and as a heap of straw is

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<v Speaker 1>trampled down in a manure pile. Moab will spread out

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<v Speaker 1>its hands in the middle of it, just as a

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<v Speaker 1>swimmer spreads his hands to swim. The Lord will bring

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<v Speaker 1>down Moab's pride as it spreads its hands. The fortified city,

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<v Speaker 1>along with the very tops of your walls, he will

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<v Speaker 1>knock down. He will bring it down. He will throw

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<v Speaker 1>it down to the dusty ground. Let's pray. Lord, we

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for your word, and we thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>all of the blessings that you promise for your children,

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<v Speaker 1>all of the things that you hold in store for

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<v Speaker 1>those who know you and love you. Lord, we're grateful

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<v Speaker 1>that through the resurrection of your son, Jesus Christ, that

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<v Speaker 1>death has been defeated. You swallow up death permanently, like

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<v Speaker 1>it's stated here in this passage, and you wipe away

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<v Speaker 1>the tears from every face and remove your people's disgrace

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<v Speaker 1>from all the earth. We're grateful, Lord, to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to claim those promises and to be able to look

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<v Speaker 1>forward to these things because you've secured them on our behalf.

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<v Speaker 1>We're grateful, Lord, for your love. We're grateful for your

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<v Speaker 1>presence with us. And we commit this day to your care.

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<v Speaker 1>And we thank you for all these things in Jesus' name. Amen.