Isaiah 25:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּלַּ֤ע הַמָּ֙וֶת֙ לָנֶ֔צַח וּמָחָ֨ה אֲדֹנָ֧י יְהוִ֛ה דִּמְעָ֖ה מֵעַ֣ל כָּל־פָּנִ֑ים וְחֶרְפַּ֣ת עַמּ֗וֹ יָסִיר֙ מֵעַ֣ל כָּל־הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר׃

Transliteration

billaʿ the-māwet to-lāneṣaḥ ûmāḥāh ʾădōnāy YHWH dimʿāh from-upon all-pānîm wĕḥerpat ʿammô yāsîr from-upon all-the-ʾāreṣ kî YHWH dibbēr

Grammar Details

• *billaʿ*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will swallow up
• *māwet*: noun, masculine singular - death
• *lāneṣaḥ*: preposition with noun - forever, to victory
• *ûmāḥāh*: conjunction with verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he will wipe away
• *ʾădōnāy*: noun, divine title - Lord, Master
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *dimʿāh*: noun, feminine singular - tear, weeping
• *pānîm*: noun, masculine plural - faces
• *wĕḥerpat*: conjunction with noun, feminine singular construct - and reproach of
• *ʿammô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his people
• *yāsîr*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will remove
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth, land
• *kî*: conjunction - for, because
• *dibbēr*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has spoken

Word Meanings

• *billaʿ hammāwet lāneṣaḥ*: he will swallow up death forever/to victory
• *māḥāh dimʿāh*: wipe away tears, remove weeping
• *ʾădōnāy YHWH*: Lord YHWH, Master Yahweh
• *ḥerpat ʿammô*: reproach of his people, disgrace of his nation
• *yāsîr mēʿal kol-hāʾāreṣ*: he will remove from all the earth/land

Referenced Verses

• Rev 21:4 : 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
• 1 Cor 15:54 : 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
• Hos 13:14 : 14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
• Rev 7:17 : 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
• 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
• Isa 35:10 : 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
• Isa 37:3 : 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
• Isa 51:11 : 11 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
• Isa 54:4 : 4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
• Mal 3:17-18 : 17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. 18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
• Ps 69:9 : 9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up{H8804)}; and the reproaches of them that reproached{H8802)} thee are fallen{H8804)} upon me.
• Ps 89:50-51 : 50 Remember{H8798)}, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear{H8800)} in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; 51 Wherewith thine enemies{H8802)} have reproached{H8765)}, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached{H8765)} the footsteps of thine anointed.
• Isa 30:19 : 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
• Isa 30:26 : 26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
• Matt 5:11-12 : 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
• 1 Cor 15:26 : 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
• Isa 60:15 : 15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
• Isa 61:7 : 7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
• Isa 65:19 : 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
• Isa 66:5 : 5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
• Rev 20:14 : 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
• 2 Tim 1:10 : 10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
• Heb 2:14-15 : 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.