Isaiah 2
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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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1The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3And many peoples shall go and say, come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 4And he shall judge between the nations, and shall reprove many peoples: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
6For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be filled with customs from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of strangers. 7Their land also 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. 8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made. 9And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low; therefore forgive them not.
10Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty. 11The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. 12For there shall be a day of the LORD of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low: 13and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan; 14and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up; 15and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fenced wall; 16and upon all the ships of Tarshish; and upon all pleasant imagery. 17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. 18And the idols shall utterly pass away. 19And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth. 20In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made for him to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 21to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth. 22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
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