Isaiah 2
2
1This is the vision that Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem. 2In the last days the mountain where the Lord's Temple stands will be recognized as the highest of all mountains, rising above other hills. Many from the other nations will travel to it. 3People will come and say, “Let's go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Temple of the God of Jacob. There God will teach us his ways and we will follow his directions.#2:3. Literally, “walk in his paths.” God's teachings will spread out from Zion, his word from Jerusalem.”
4The Lord will decide the cases of the nations; he will settle arguments between nations. They will hammer their swords and turn them into plow blades, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not fight against each other anymore; they will no longer learn methods of warfare.
5Come, you Israelites,#2:5. Literally, “house of Jacob.” let's walk in the Lord's light. 6For you, Lord, have given up on your people the Israelites, because they have adopted pagan practices from the East, they use spells like the Philistines, and make friends with foreigners.#2:6. “Make friends with foreigners”: Hebrew uncertain, probably “shake hands with children of foreigners.” 7Their country is full of silver and gold, and endless wealth. Their land is full of horses; and they have an endless amount of chariots. 8Their country is full of idols; they bow down and worship what they have made themselves—produced by their own hands! 9These people will be brought down and humiliated—Lord, don't forgive them!
10Run away into rock caves, hide underground from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty. 11Those who look with arrogance will be brought low; those who are proud will be humbled. On that day only the Lord will be lifted high. 12The Lord has set aside a day when he will deal with the proud and arrogant. He will end all self-glorification, bringing it down. 13He will cut down the cedars of Lebanon, tall and high, and all the great oaks of Bashan, 14He will bring down the tall mountains and the high hills. 15He will tear down every high tower and every defensive wall. 16He will wipe out all the commercial ships of Tarshish as well as the pleasure vessels. 17The arrogant will be humbled; the proud will be brought low. On that day only the Lord will be lifted high. 18Idols will completely vanish away.
19People will run away into rock caves and holes in the ground to try and hide from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty, when he arrives to shake the earth. 20On that day the people will take the idols of silver and gold that they made to worship and throw them away to the rats#2:20. Literally a “dig pit,” so it can refer to any burrowing animal. and the bats. 21They will run to cracks in the rocks and gaps on the cliffs to try and hide from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty, when he arrives to shake the earth.
22Don't bother trusting human beings who only live for a while.#2:22. “Only live for a while”: literally, “who have breath in their nostrils.” How much do they count?
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Isaiah 2
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God’s Universal Reign
1The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2¶Now it will come about that
In the last days
The mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be established #2:2 Lit onas the chief of the mountains,
And will be raised above the hills;
And all the nations will stream to it.
3And many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
So that He may teach us #2:3 Or some ofabout His ways,
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For #2:3 Or instructionthe law will go out from Zion
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4And He will judge between the nations,
And will mediate for many peoples;
And they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning knives.
Nation will not lift up a sword against nation,
And never again will they learn war.
5¶Come, house of Jacob, and let’s walk in the light of the Lord.
6For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob,
Because they are filled with influences from the east,
And they are soothsayers like the Philistines.
They also #2:6 Lit clap their handsstrike bargains with the children of foreigners.
7Their land has also been filled with silver and gold
And there is no end to their treasures;
Their land has also been filled with horses,
And there is no end to their chariots.
8Their land has also been filled with idols;
They worship the work of their hands,
That which their fingers have made.
9So the common person has been humbled
And the person of importance has been brought low,
But do not forgive them.
10Enter the rocky place and hide in the dust
From the terror of the Lord and from the splendor of His majesty.
11The #2:11 Lit eyes of the pride of manproud look of humanity will be brought low,
And the arrogance of people will be humbled;
And the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
A Day of Reckoning Coming
12¶For the Lord of armies will have a day of reckoning
Against everyone who is arrogant and haughty,
And against everyone who is lifted up,
That he may be brought low.
13And it will be against all the cedars of Lebanon that are lofty and lifted up,
Against all the oaks of Bashan,
14Against all the lofty mountains,
Against all the hills that are lifted up,
15Against every high tower,
Against every fortified wall,
16Against all the ships of Tarshish
And against all the delightful ships.
17And the pride of humanity will be humbled
And the arrogance of people will be brought low;
And the Lord alone will be exalted on that day,
18And the idols will completely vanish.
19 People will go into caves of the rocks
And into holes in the #2:19 Lit dustground
Away from the terror of the Lord
And the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to terrify the earth.
20On that day people will throw away to the moles and the bats
Their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
Which they made for themselves to worship,
21In order to go into the clefts of the rocks and the crannies of the cliffs
Before the terror of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to terrify the earth.
22 # 2:22 Or Stop caring about Take no account of man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils;
For #2:22 Lit in whatwhy should he be esteemed?
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