Salvation and Judgment on That Day
I will exalt you. I will praise your name,
for you have accomplished wonders,
plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
2 For you have turned the city into a pile of rocks, e
a fortified city, into ruins;
the fortress of barbarians f is no longer a city;
it will never be rebuilt.
3 Therefore, a strong people will honor you.
The cities of violent nations will fear you.
4 For you have been a stronghold for the poor person,
a stronghold for the needy g in his distress,
a refuge from storms and a shade from heat. h
When the breath of the violent
is like a storm against a wall,
you will subdue the uproar of barbarians.
As the shade of a cloud cools the heat of the day,
so he will silence the song of the violent.
the LORD of Armies will prepare for all the peoples a feast of choice meat, j
a feast with aged wine, prime cuts of choice meat, J fine vintage wine.
he will destroy the burial shroud,
the shroud over all the peoples,
the sheet covering all the nations; k
8 he will destroy death forever. l
The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears
from every face m
and remove his people’s disgrace n
from the whole earth,
for the LORD has spoken.
9 On that day it will be said,
“Look, this is our God;
we have waited for him, and he has saved us.
This is the LORD; we have waited for him.
Let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.” o
10 For the LORD’S power will rest on this mountain.
But Moab p will be trampled in his place K
as straw is trampled in a dung pile.
11 He will spread out his arms in the middle of it,
as a swimmer spreads out his arms to swim.
His pride will be brought low,
along with the trickery of his hands. q
12 The high-walled fortress will be brought down,
thrown to the ground, to the dust. r