He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
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Gill's Exposition
He will swallow up death in victory,.... Or, "for ever" (g). This is to be understood, not of a spiritual death, which is swallowed up in conversion, and of which those that are quickened shall never…
Barnes' Notes
He will swallow up - This image is probably taken from a whirlpool or maelstrom in the ocean that absorbs all that comes near it. It is, therefore, equivalent to saying he will destroy or remove Isa…
If we suppose (as many do) that this refers to the great joy which there should be in Zion and Jerusalem when the army of the Assyrians was routed by an angel, or when the Jews were released out of…
Cambridge Bible
He will swallow up … victory Rather: He hath abolished death for ever. Cf. 2Ti 1:10. The A.V. follows the rendering of St Paul in 1Co 15:54 (κατεπόθη ὁ θάνατος εἰς νῖκος), but "swallow up" is…
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