Isaiah 2
2
The LORD’s mountain
1This is what Isaiah, Amoz’s son, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2In the days to come
the mountain of the LORD’s house
will be the highest of the mountains.
It will be lifted above the hills;
peoples will stream to it.
3Many nations will go and say,
“Come, let’s go up to the LORD’s mountain,
to the house of Jacob’s God
so that he may teach us his ways
and we may walk in God’s paths.”
Instruction will come from Zion;
the LORD’s word from Jerusalem.
4God will judge between the nations,
and settle disputes of mighty nations.
Then they will beat their swords into iron plows
and their spears into pruning tools.
Nation will not take up sword against nation;
they will no longer learn how to make war.
5Come, house of Jacob,
let’s walk by the LORD’s light.
Everyone is brought low
6You have abandoned your people,
house of Jacob.
They are full of sorcerers from the east and fortune-tellers like the Philistines;
they hold hands with foreigners’ children.#2.6 Heb uncertain
7Their land is full of silver and gold;
they have countless treasures.
Their land is filled with horses;
they have countless chariots.
8Their land is filled with idols;
they worship their handiwork,
what their own fingers have made.
9Humanity will be brought down;
each person laid low—don’t lift them up!#2.9 Or don’t forgive them
10Go into the rocks,
and hide yourself in the dust from the terror of the LORD,
from the splendor of God’s majesty!
11People’s proud gazing will be stopped
and humanity’s arrogance brought down;
the LORD alone will be exalted on that day.
12The LORD of heavenly forces has planned a day:
against all that is prideful and haughty;
against all that is lofty, and it will be laid low;#2.12 LXX and high
13against all the cedars of Lebanon, high and lofty;
against all the oaks of Bashan;
14against all the high mountains;
against all the lofty hills;
15against every tall tower;
against every fortified wall;
16against all the ships of Tarshish;
against all the wonderful boats.#2.16 Heb uncertain
17People’s pride will be brought down
and human arrogance humiliated.
The LORD alone will be exalted on that day;
18the idols will completely pass away.
19Go into caves in the rocks
and holes in the dust
before the terror of the LORD
and the splendor of God’s majesty,
when he arises to terrify the earth.
20On that day, people will toss
to the rodents#2.20 Heb uncertain and to the bats
their idols of silver and idols of gold,
which they made for themselves to worship.
21They will hide in fissures of rocks and in crevices of cliffs
before the terror of the LORD
and the splendor of God’s majesty
when he arises to terrify the earth.
22Quit admiring the human race,
who breathe through their nostrils.
Why should they be admired?
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Isaiah 2
2
God’s Universal Reign
1The word [from God] which Isaiah son of Amoz saw [in a vision] concerning [the nation of] Judah and [its capital city] Jerusalem.
2Now it will come to pass that
In the last days
The mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be [firmly] established as the #Or chief; lit head.highest of the mountains,
And will be exalted above the hills;
And all the nations will stream to it.
3And many peoples shall come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house (temple) of the God of Jacob;
That He may teach us His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For the law will go out from Zion
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4And He will judge between the nations,
And will mediate [disputes] for many peoples;
And they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not lift up the sword against nation,
And never again will they learn war.
5O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
6Most certainly [Lord] You have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob,
Because they are filled with influences from the east,
And they are soothsayers [who foretell] like the Philistines;
Also they strike bargains with the children of foreigners (pagans).
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 own fingers have made.
9So the common man has been humbled [before idols]
And the man of importance has been degraded,
Therefore do not forgive them [O Lord].
10Go among the rocks and hide in the dust
From the terror of the Lord and from the splendor of His majesty.
11The proud look of man will be degraded
And the arrogance of men will be humbled,
And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
A Day of Reckoning Coming
12For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning
Against all who are proud and arrogant
And against all who are lifted up,
That they may be degraded.
13And the wrath of God will be against all the cedars of Lebanon [west of the Jordan] that are high and lifted up,
Against all the oaks of Bashan [east of the Jordan],
14Against all the high 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 beautiful craft.
17Then the pride of man will be humbled
And the arrogance of men will be degraded;
The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day,
18And the idols will completely vanish (be abolished).
19They [the stricken, deprived of all in which they had trusted] will go into the caves of the rocks
And into the holes of the ground [fleeing]
From the terror and dread of the Lord
And from the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to terrify the earth.
20In that day men will throw away to the moles and to the bats
Their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
Which they made for themselves [as objects] to worship,
21To go into the caverns of the rocks and into the clefts of the [ragged] cliffs [as they flee]
From the terror and dread of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to terrify the earth.
22Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];
For why should he be esteemed?
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