That is, you will lack everything you undertake without faith, even if it were all wisdom, power, art and wealth, for God will not let it succeed. 2)
Isa. 23, 8.
Absorpsit mortem in victoriam.
He has swallowed death whole.
When death is completely swallowed up, there must surely be life. And this alone shall do, saith Jeshua, the LORD of hosts; that is, Jesus Christ, the Son of Mary, one God with God the Father and the Holy Ghost, blessed for ever and ever, Amen.
Isa. 25, 8. 3)
Absorpta est mors in victoriam, Isa. 25. [Hebrew]
praecipitavit mortem in aeternum.
Because Adam lives (that is, sins), death devours life. But when Christ dies (that is, becomes righteous), life devours death. Praise be to God that Christ dies and is justified. Martin Luther, D. 1543.
Isa. 25, 8.
The Lord will wipe away the tears from "all faces" and will lift up the reproach of His people in all lands.
1) The heading in the editions: "Isa. 28." is wrong; therefore we have put this interpretation in its right place.
2) Another interpretation of Isa. 7, 9. is found in the Table Talks, Cap. 50, § 5. Walch, St. Louis Edition, Vol. XXII, 1331.
3) The Bible in which this saying is found is in the library of the Augustinian monastery at Erfurt (Erl. Ausg., vol. 56, p. I^XX). - Aurifaber brings this up in the Tischreden, Cap. 48, § 43, as a speech of Luther. In our edition of the Tischreden, this piece has been omitted.
When death is completely swallowed up, sin has also completely lost its power, so that it can no longer irritate or frighten, and must now be trapped and condemned for eternity. So the punishment of sins and all plagues must also cease, and joy, life, bliss, praise and glory to God must begin and last forever. This begins in this life, in the believers; but it is still mixed, always runs tribulation, sorrow, fear and trouble with it. For the serpent's bite and sting in the heels rages and rages as long as the world stands. But there it will be right and complete, and will last forever without any hindrance. 4) As in the Revelation of John this saying is referred to and interpreted to the new Jerusalem, Cap. 21, 4.
Isa. 30, 15.
If you remained silent, you would be helped; by being silent and hoping, you would be strong.
That is, God helps the patient who expect comfort and help from Him, not to be angry or grumble against God, not to make noise out of impatience, not to seek forbidden help, or to rush to human comfort 2c. Summa, suffering and hoping is the Christian's victory.
Isa. 40, 8.