The Prophecy of Isaiah - Lesson 20: “God’s Victory over His Enemies” (Isaiah 25:1–12)

The Prophecy of Isaiah
Lesson 20: “God’s Victory over His Enemies” (Isaiah 25:1–12)¹

1. Praise to God (25:1–5)

a. God Has Demonstrated His Faithfulness (25:1–3)

Isaiah 25:1–3 NIV
¹ Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago. ² You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners’ stronghold a city no more; it will never be rebuilt. ³ Therefore strong peoples will honor you; cities of ruthless nations will revere you.

b. God Has Protected His People (25:4–5)

Isaiah 25:4–5 NIV
⁴ You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against a wall ⁵ and like the heat of the desert. You silence the uproar of foreigners; as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless is stilled.

2. Description of God’s Restoration and Blessings (25:6–12)

a. God Will Establish Fellowship with His People (25:6–7)

Isaiah 25:6–7 NIV
⁶ On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine— the best of meats and the finest of wines. ⁷ On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;

b. God Will Comfort His People (25:8–9)

Isaiah 25:8–9 NIV
⁸ he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The Lord has spoken. ⁹ In that day they will say, “Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the Lord, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”

c. God Will Remove His People’s Enemies (25:10–12)

Isaiah 25:10–12 NIV
¹⁰ The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain; but Moab will be trampled in their land as straw is trampled down in the manure. ¹¹ They will stretch out their hands in it, as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim. God will bring down their pride despite the cleverness of their hands. ¹² He will bring down your high fortified walls and lay them low; he will bring them down to the ground, to the very dust.

¹The outline for this lesson is taken from Bryan E. Beyer, Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Historical and Theological Survey (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2007).