And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering - image from mourning, in which it was usual to cover the face with a veil (2 Samuel 15:30). "The face of the covering" - i:e., the covering itself, as Job 41:13, "the face of his garment;" the garment itself. The "covering" or 'veil' is the mist of ignorance as to a future state and the way to eternal life which enveloped the nations (Ephesians 4:18) and the unbelieving Jew (2 Corinthians 3:15). The Jew, however, is first to be converted, before the conversion of 'all nations;' for it is "in this mountain," namely, Zion, that the latter are to have the veil taken off (Psalms 102:13; Psalms 102:15-16; Psalms 102:21-22; Romans 11:12).