Isa 25:8 | NET2full | STEP | he will swallow up death permanently . 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!

‏ Isaiah 25:8

8 he will swallow up death permanently. ^{▼▼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.}
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! ^{▼▼tn Heb “has spoken” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).}