Isaiah 25:6

On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The prophet Isaiah delivers a word from Yahweh of Hosts, set on the mountain of Zion, immediately after the subduing of the uproar of foreigners (v. 5). The moment is eschatological: a future banquet that follows the silencing of the ruthless.

The words — מִשְׁתֵּה (mish·teh) is a specific word for a drinking feast, not a generic meal; it carries the sense of a structured banquet with wine at its center. The scope is marked by כָּל־הָעַמִּים (khol ha·'a·mim), "all the peoples," which breaks the boundary of Israel.

The thread — The banquet motif recurs in Matthew 8:11, where many from east and west share the table with the patriarchs, and in Jeremiah 31:12, where joy on the heights of Zion is tied to the LORD's bounty. Psalm 63:5 echoes the satisfaction such a feast produces.

Why it lands — The verse names a specific actor (Yahweh of Hosts), a specific location (this mountain), and a specific scope (all peoples), leaving no room for a purely spiritualized reading. It asks the reader to hold the universality of God's table against any instinct to restrict it.

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The Hebrew words

וְעָשָׂה֩ve./'a.Sahand/ he will make יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahweh צְבָא֜וֹתtze.va.'otof hosts לְכָל־le./kholfor/ all הָֽעַמִּים֙ha./'a.Mimthe/ peoples בָּהָ֣רba./Haron the/ mountain הַזֶּ֔הha./Zeh<the>/ this מִשְׁתֵּ֥הmish.Teha feast of שְׁמָנִ֖יםshe.ma.Nimfat things מִשְׁתֵּ֣הmish.Teha feast of שְׁמָרִ֑יםshe.ma.Rimold wine<s>שְׁמָנִים֙she.ma.Nimfat things מְמֻ֣חָיִ֔םme.Mu.cha.Yimfull of marrow שְׁמָרִ֖יםshe.ma.Rimold wine<s>מְזֻקָּקִֽים׃me.zu.ka.Kimrefined

King James Version

And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

Cross-references

Matthew 8:11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
Psalms 63:5 My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
Jeremiah 31:12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
Zechariah 9:16 On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.
Luke 22:30 so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Revelation 19:9 Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
Hebrews 12:22 Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
Isaiah 2:2 In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
Isaiah 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.
Zechariah 8:3 This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”