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.
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.
- KJV 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.
- BSB On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers 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.
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Cross-references · 11
- Eph 4:18being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;
- Isa 60:1–3“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.
- Matt 27:51Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
- 2 Cor 3:13–18and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
- Heb 10:19–21Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
- Acts 17:30The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
- Eph 5:8For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- Eph 3:5–6which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
- Heb 9:24For Christ hasn’t entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
- Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”
- Heb 9:8The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn’t yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing;
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