1 O LORD, thou art my God; [Isaiah speaking in the first-person] I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old [it was "planned...of old", these events were foreordained at the foundation of the world, but since skeptics always want evidence here is some rather ironic evidence for them: their utter destruction has been foretold and is about to be fulfilled.] are faithfulness and truth.

2 For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

3 Therefore shall the strong people [righteous people] glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations [wicked people] shall fear thee. [fear usually means to reverance the Lord, humility. In this case I think that it could also be quite literal as the wicked will soon learn that he really is in control and has been though out all time, they will try to hide, and flee as we learned in ch 24 but it will do not good unless they repent]

4 For thou [the Lord] hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones [those outlined in chapter 24] is as a storm against the wall. [against the wall, nowhere to go only get beaten against the wall]

5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. [We will see and the Lord will show who has the real power. The power of the Lord is greater than the might of the wicked]

6 ¶ And in this mountain [ temple ] shall the LORD of hosts [Jesus is the Lord God of Hosts in the sense that he is the God of the host of Israel, the Lord over the righteous, and is the King who leads his armies in righteous battles against the wicked] make unto all people a feast of fat things, [rich meat usually preserved for royalty - the great spiritual blessings to be poured out of them (cf. Deut. 8:3). This theme is also artfully used in John 2 where the leaders at the wedding were ignorant of the miraculous source of the good wine. See D&C 58:4-11 for an obvious spiritual interpretation on this verse.] a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

7 And he will destroy in this mountain [temple] the face of the covering cast over all people, and the ^avail [ spiritual darkiness that has afflicted Israel - So in otherwords within the walls of the temple Israel will discover the truth's of the saviors plan. Is this not what we are taught in the temple today? ] that is spread over all nations.

8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; [What do we know about death during the millennium? We will just change state so to speak we will be resuurected immediately so upon death there will be no tears. 2) The resurection of the Savior takes the sting out of death? see Rev 21:4] and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

9 ¶ And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, [1) Judah finally recognizes him as their redeemer 2) All of the world praises him as their redeemer brought about by the Day of the Lord (cf. 2 Ne. 25:16, D&C 45:24-45] and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, [redeemed remnant will be protected and blessed by the hand of the Lord] and Moab shall be trodden down under him, [no so good for the wicked who will be left in a miserable and accursed state] even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.

11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: [ the ease with which the Lord draws his hands through the wicked nations to thresh and sift, as effortless as a swimmer through water. Also note in Deut 23:1-6 Moab is a nation cut off from gathering with Israel at the assembly of the Lord. By so doing Isaiah indicates those nations who are hostile to Israel will be excluded from the feast of v. 6.] and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.

12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. [symbolic message of forced humility and utter debasement (cp. 47:1). This contrasts the theme of v. 6-8 where those that were faithful to the Lord are enjoying the blessings ofthe First Resurrection. Here, these wretches are forced into the obscurity of the Second Resurrection. The obvious physical interpretation follows the theme of chapter 26.]