Isaiah 25:9

“And it shall be said in that day, &c.] When the feast will be made for all the Lord’s people; when the veil and covering shall be removed; when death will be swallowed up in victory; when all tears shall be wiped away from the saints; when their rebuke shall be taken away from them; all which will be at the glorious appearing of Christ. Lo, this [is] our God; and not the idols of the Gentiles, or the works of their hands; but Christ, who is God over all, blessed for ever; Immanuel, God with us: the phrase is expressive of his true and proper deity, of faith of interest in him, and of the joy of it: we have waited for him, and he will save us: as the Old Testament saints waited for his first…”

“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 Isa 25:6). we have waited--"Waited" is characteristic of God's people in all ages (Gen 49:18; Tit 2:13). we will be glad and rejoice in his…”

“And it shall be said in that day - By the people of God. This shall be the language of exultation and joy which they shall use. Lo, this is our God - This is the language of those who now see and hail their Deliverer. It implies that such deliverance, and such mercy could be bestowed only by God, and that the fact that such mercies had been bestowed was proof that he was their God. We have waited for him - Amidst many trials, persecutions, and calamities, we have looked for the coming of our God to deliver us, and we will rejoice in the salvation that he brings. This is the Lord - This is Yahweh. It is Yahweh that has brought this deliverance. None but he could do it. The plan of redeeming…”

“Our God - Our Messiah, long since promised, and for whom we have waited long, is come into the world, bringing salvation with him. Isaiah 25:10”

“25:9-12 The new community of God’s people will respond in joy and faith. When the enemy is defeated, God’s people will be free forever.”

“it shall: Isa 12:1; Zep 3:14-20; Rev 1:7, Rev 19:1-7 Lo: Isa 8:17, Isa 26:8, Isa 26:9, Isa 30:18, Isa 30:19; Gen 49:18; Psa 27:14, Psa 37:5-7, Psa 62:1, Psa 62:2, Psa 62:5-7; Mic 7:7; Luk 2:25, Luk 2:28-30; Rom 8:23-25; Tit 2:13; Pe2 3:12; Rev 22:20 we will: Isa 12:2-6, Isa 66:10-14; Psa 9:14, Psa 20:5, Psa 21:1, Psa 95:1, Psa 100:1; Zac 9:9; Rom 5:2, Rom 5:3; Phi 3:1, Phi 3:3; Pe1 1:6, Pe1 1:8 Isaiah 25:10”

“After this prophetic section, which follows the first melodious echo like an interpolated recitative, the song of praise begins again; but it is soon deflected into the tone of prophecy. The shame of the people of God, mentioned in Isa 25:8, recals to mind the special enemies of the church in its immediate neighbourhood, who could not tyrannize over it indeed, like the empire of the world, but who nevertheless scoffed at it and persecuted it. The representative and emblem of these foes are the proud and boasting Moab ( Isa 16:6; Jer 48:29). All such attempts as that of Knobel to turn this into history are but so much lost trouble. Moab is a mystic name. It is the prediction of the…”