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The word which Isaiah, son of Amoz saw
concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

Torah From Jerusalem

It will come to pass in the last days
that the mountain of Adonai’s House
will stand firm as head of the mountains
and will be exalted above the hills.
So all nations will flow to it.
Then many peoples will go and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of Adonai,
    to the House of the God of Jacob!
Then He will teach us His ways,
    and we will walk in His paths.”
For Torah will go forth from Zion[a]
    and the word of Adonai from Jerusalem.

He will judge between the nations
    and decide for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares,
    and their spears into pruning knives.
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
    nor will they learn war any more.
Come house of Jacob,
    let us walk in the light of Adonai.

For You have forsaken Your people,
    the house of Jacob.
For they are filled with soothsayers from the east,
    and they have clapped hands with the children of foreigners.
Their land also is full of silver and gold,
    nor is there any limit to their treasures.
Their land also is full of horses,
    nor is there any limit to their chariots.
Their land also is full of idols.
They worship the work of their hands,
    what their own fingers have made.
So humanity bows down
    as each one lowers himself.
Pardon them not!
10 Enter into the rock
    and hide in the dust,
for fear of Adonai,
    and the glory of His majesty.

Lofty Ones Brought Low

11 The man of haughty eyes is humbled,
    the lofty ones brought low,
for Adonai alone will be exalted in that day.
12 For the day of Adonai-Tzva’ot will be
    against anyone proud and haughty,
against anyone lifted up—he will be humbled,
13 against all the cedars of Lebanon
    that are lofty and lifted up,
against all the oaks of Bashan,
14 against all the high mountains,
    against all the exalted hills,
15 against every high tower,
    against every fortified wall,
16 against all the Tarshish ships,
    and against all the luxury boats.
17 The pride of man will be humbled,
    the arrogance of men abased,
for Adonai alone will be exalted in that day.

18 The idols will completely pass away.
19 People will go into the caves of the rocks
    and into the holes of the earth,[b]
because of the fear of Adonai
    and the splendor of His majesty,
when He arises to shake the earth.
20 In that day a man will cast away
    his idols of silver and his idols of gold,
which they made to worship,
    to the moles and to the bats!
21 They go into the clefts of the rocks
    and the crevices of the crags,
because of fear of Adonai
    and the splendor of His majesty,
when He arises to shake the earth.

22 Stop trusting in mankind
—whose breath is in his nose—
for what is he really worth?

The Mountain of the Lord(A)

This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:(B)

In the last days(C)

the mountain(D) of the Lord’s temple will be established
    as the highest of the mountains;(E)
it will be exalted(F) above the hills,
    and all nations will stream to it.(G)

Many peoples(H) will come and say,

“Come, let us go(I) up to the mountain(J) of the Lord,
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(K) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.(L)
He will judge(M) between the nations
    and will settle disputes(N) for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.(O)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,(P)
    nor will they train for war anymore.

Come, descendants of Jacob,(Q)
    let us walk in the light(R) of the Lord.

The Day of the Lord

You, Lord, have abandoned(S) your people,
    the descendants of Jacob.(T)
They are full of superstitions from the East;
    they practice divination(U) like the Philistines(V)
    and embrace(W) pagan customs.(X)
Their land is full of silver and gold;(Y)
    there is no end to their treasures.(Z)
Their land is full of horses;(AA)
    there is no end to their chariots.(AB)
Their land is full of idols;(AC)
    they bow down(AD) to the work of their hands,(AE)
    to what their fingers(AF) have made.
So people will be brought low(AG)
    and everyone humbled(AH)
    do not forgive them.[a](AI)

10 Go into the rocks, hide(AJ) in the ground
    from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty!(AK)
11 The eyes of the arrogant(AL) will be humbled(AM)
    and human pride(AN) brought low;(AO)
the Lord alone will be exalted(AP) in that day.(AQ)

12 The Lord Almighty has a day(AR) in store
    for all the proud(AS) and lofty,(AT)
for all that is exalted(AU)
    (and they will be humbled),(AV)
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,(AW) tall and lofty,(AX)
    and all the oaks of Bashan,(AY)
14 for all the towering mountains
    and all the high hills,(AZ)
15 for every lofty tower(BA)
    and every fortified wall,(BB)
16 for every trading ship[b](BC)
    and every stately vessel.
17 The arrogance of man will be brought low(BD)
    and human pride humbled;(BE)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,(BF)
18     and the idols(BG) will totally disappear.(BH)

19 People will flee to caves(BI) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground(BJ)
from the fearful presence(BK) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(BL)
    when he rises to shake the earth.(BM)
20 In that day(BN) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats(BO)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,(BP)
    which they made to worship.(BQ)
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks(BR)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(BS)
    when he rises(BT) to shake the earth.(BU)

22 Stop trusting in mere humans,(BV)
    who have but a breath(BW) in their nostrils.
    Why hold them in esteem?(BX)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:9 Or not raise them up
  2. Isaiah 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish