And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
Parallel translations
- WEB He will destroy in this mountain the surface of the covering that covers all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
- BSB On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
- NKJV And He will destroy on this mountain The surface of the covering cast over all people, And the veil that is spread over all nations.
- NASB And on this mountain He will destroy the covering which is over all peoples, The veil which is stretched over all nations.
- NLT There he will remove the cloud of gloom, the shadow of death that hangs over the earth.
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Quick answer
God will remove the shroud of death and mourning that lies over all nations. He lifts the veil of grief and ignorance that covers humanity.
Overview
The covering and veil over all peoples represent the pall of death, sorrow, and spiritual blindness. God promises to destroy it on His mountain. In Christ this is fulfilled as the veil is taken away and the light of the gospel shines on all nations.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Eph 4:18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
- Isa 60:1–3Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
- Matt 27:51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
- 2 Cor 3:13–18And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
- Heb 10:19–21Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
- Acts 17:30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
- Eph 5:8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
- Eph 3:5–6Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
- Heb 9:24For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
- Luke 2:32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
- Heb 9:8The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
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