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This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains,
    and shall be raised above the hills;
    and all nations shall flow to it.
Many peoples shall go and say,
    “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh,
    to the house of the God of Jacob;
    and he will teach us of his ways,
    and we will walk in his paths.”
For the law shall go out of Zion,
    and Yahweh’s word from Jerusalem.
He will judge between the nations,
    and will decide concerning many peoples.
    They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
    and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
    neither shall they learn war any more.

House of Jacob, come, and let’s walk in the light of Yahweh.
For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob,
    because they are filled from the east,
    with those who practice divination like the Philistines,
    and they clasp hands with the children of foreigners.
Their land is full of silver and gold,
    neither is there any end of their treasures.
Their land also is full of horses,
    neither is there any end of their chariots.
Their land also is full of idols.
    They worship the work of their own hands,
    that which their own fingers have made.
Man is brought low,
    and mankind is humbled;
    therefore don’t forgive them.
10 Enter into the rock,
    and hide in the dust,
from before the terror of Yahweh,
    and from the glory of his majesty.
11 The lofty looks of man will be brought low,
    the arrogance of men will be bowed down,
    and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.

12 For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies for all that is proud and arrogant,
    and for all that is lifted up;
    and it shall be brought low:
13     for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up,
    for all the oaks of Bashan,
14     for all the high mountains,
    for all the hills that are lifted up,
15     for every lofty tower,
    for every fortified wall,
16     for all the ships of Tarshish,
    and for all pleasant imagery.
17 The loftiness of man shall be bowed down,
    and the arrogance of men shall be brought low;
    and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.
18 The idols shall utterly pass away.
19 Men shall go into the caves of the rocks,
    and into the holes of the earth,
    from before the terror of Yahweh,
    and from the glory of his majesty,
    when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
20 In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver
    and their idols of gold,
    which have been made for themselves to worship,
    to the moles and to the bats,
21     to go into the caverns of the rocks,
    and into the clefts of the ragged rocks,
    from before the terror of Yahweh,
    and from the glory of his majesty,
    when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
22 Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils;
    for of what account is he?

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