Isaiah 25:2-4

Good News Translation

² You have turned cities into ruins
    and destroyed their fortifications.
The palaces which our enemies built
    are gone forever.
³ The people of powerful nations will praise you;
    you will be feared in the cities of cruel nations.
⁴ The poor and the helpless have fled to you
    and have been safe in times of trouble.
You give them shelter from storms
    and shade from the burning heat.
Cruel enemies attack like a winter storm,^[a]