⁵     like the ·heat [or drought] in the desert.
But you, God, ·stop their violent attack [^Lsubdue/silence the uproar of foreigners].
    As the shadow from a cloud cools a hot day,
you silence the songs of ·those who have no mercy [the ruthless].

⁶ The Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts] will prepare a feast
    on this mountain [^CMount Zion; 24:23] for all people.
It will be a feast with all the best food and wine,
    the ·finest [tenderest; full of marrow] meat and ·wine [well-aged/filtered wines].
⁷ On this mountain God will ·destroy [swallow]
    the ·veil [shroud; covering] that covers all nations,
the ·veil [sheet] that stretches over all peoples [^Cdeath];