Isa 25:6-9 | JFB | STEP | 6. in this mountain-- Zion: Messiah's kingdom was to begin, and is to have its central seat hereafter, at Jerusalem, as the common country of "all nations" ( , &c.). all people-- ( ; ; ). feast-- image of felicity ( , ; ; ; ; compare ; ). fat things-- delicacies; the rich mercies of God in Christ ( ; ; ). wines on the lees-- wine which has been long kept on the lees; that is, the oldest and most generous wine ( ). marrow-- the choicest dainties ( ). well refined-- cleared of all dregs.

‏ Isaiah 25:6-9

6. in this mountain--Zion: Messiah's kingdom was to begin, and is to have its central seat hereafter, at Jerusalem, as the common country of "all nations" (Is 2:2, &c.).

all people--(Is 56:7; Da 7:14; Lu 2:10).

feast--image of felicity (Psa 22:26, 27; Mt 8:11; Lu 14:15; Re 19:9; compare Psa 36:8; 87:1-7).

fat things--delicacies; the rich mercies of God in Christ (Is 55:2; Jr 31:14; Job 36:16).

wines on the lees--wine which has been long kept on the lees; that is, the oldest and most generous wine (Jr 48:11).

marrow--the choicest dainties (Psa 63:5).

well refined--cleared of all dregs.

7. face of ... covering--image from mourning, in which it was usual to cover the face with a veil (2Sa 15:30). "Face of covering," that is, the covering itself; as in Job 41:13, "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 (Ep 4:18) and the unbelieving Jew (2Co 3:15). The Jew, however, is first to be converted before the conversion of "all nations"; for it is "in this mountain," namely, Zion, that the latter are to have the veil taken off (Psa 102:13, 15, 16, 21, 22; Ro 11:12).

8. Quoted in 1Co 15:54, in support of the resurrection.

swallow up ... in victory--completely and permanently "abolish" (2Ti 1:10; Re 20:14; 21:4; compare Ge 2:17; 3:22).

rebuke--(Compare Mr 8:38; He 11:26).

9. And it shall be said in that day, &c.--"After death has been swallowed up for ever, the people of God, who had been delivered from the hand of death, shall say to the Lord, Lo, this is our God, whom unbelievers regarded as only a man" [Jerome]. "The words are so moulded as to point us specially to the person of the Son of God, who 'saves' us; as He vouchsafed to Israel temporal saving, so to His elect He appears for the purpose of conferring eternal salvation" [Vitringa]. The Jews, however, have a special share in the words, This is our God (see on Is 25:6).

we have waited--"Waited" is characteristic of God's people in all ages (Ge 49:18; Tit 2:13).

we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation--compare Psa 118:24, which refers to the second coming of Jesus (compare Psa 118:26, with Lu 13:35).