Discovery BoxIsaiah 25:8-9 
Context25:8 he will swallow up death permanently. 1
The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face,
and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth.
Indeed, the Lord has announced it! 2
25:9 At that time they will say, 3
“Look, here 4 is our God!
We waited for him and he delivered us.
Here 5 is the Lord! We waited for him.
Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”
1 sn The image of the Lord “swallowing” death would be especially powerful, for death was viewed in Canaanite mythology and culture as a hungry enemy that swallows its victims. See the note at 5:14.
2 tn Heb “has spoken” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
3 tn Heb “and one will say in that day.”
4 tn Heb “this [one].”
5 tn Heb “this [one].”
