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Isaiah 25:9

And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — An unnamed community of God's people speaks to one another on the day the Lord has swallowed death and removed disgrace (v. 8). The voice is communal and retrospective: the saving act is already accomplished.

The words — קִוִּינוּ (qū·nū, "we have waited") is the hinge; the entire declaration depends on the prior act of waiting. הִנֵּה (hinnēh, "behold / here!") is the deictic marker that fixes the identification: this God, not another.

The thread — The same posture of waiting for the Lord's salvation appears in Genesis 49:18, Micah 7:7, and Psalms 27:14, where the wait is individual and still open rather than communal and fulfilled.

Why it lands — The verse asks the reader to name the object of their waiting and check whether it is a person or an outcome. It also asks whether the waiting has been active or merely passive.

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The Hebrew words

וְאָמַר֙ve./'a.Marand/ someone will sayבַּיּ֣וֹםba/i.Yomin the/ dayהַה֔וּאha./Hu'<the>/ thatהִנֵּ֨הhi.Nehhere!אֱלֹהֵ֥ינוּ'e.lo.Hei./nu[is] God/ ourזֶ֛הzehthisקִוִּ֥ינוּki.Vi.nuwe have waitedל֖וֹl/ofor/ himוְיֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נוּve./yo.shi.'E./nuand/ he will save/ usזֶ֤הzehthisיְהוָה֙Yah.weh[is] Yahwehקִוִּ֣ינוּki.Vi.nuwe have waitedל֔וֹl/ofor/ himנָגִ֥ילָהna.Gi.lahlet us be gladוְנִשְׂמְחָ֖הve./nis.me.Chahand/ let us rejoiceבִּישׁוּעָתֽוֹ׃bi./shu.'a.T/oin/ salvation/ his

King James Version

And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

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