Isaiah 2
2
The City of Peace
1The vision that Isaiah # 2Kg 19:2; 20:1; 2Ch 26:22; 32:20; Is 1:1; 13:1 son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
2In # Mc 4:1-4; Rm 2:20 the last days # Nm 24:14; Dt 4:30; Ezk 38:16; Hs 3:5
the mountain of the Lord’s house # 2Ch 33:15; Is 27:13; 66:20 will be established
at the top of the mountains
and will be raised above the hills.
All nations will stream to it, # Ps 22:27; Is 56:7; Zch 14:10
3and many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob. # Is 29:23; 45:23; 60:13; 66:18
He will teach us about His ways
so that we may walk in His paths.”
For instruction will go out of Zion
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4He will settle disputes among the nations
and provide arbitration for many peoples.
They will turn their swords into plows
and their spears into pruning knives. # Is 11:6-9; 32:17-18; Jl 3:10
Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,
and they will never again train for war. # Ps 72:3,7; Is 9:7; Hs 2:18; Zch 9:10
The Day of the Lord
5House of Jacob,
come and let us walk in the Lord’s light. # Ps 27:1; 43:3
6For You have abandoned # Dt 31:17; Ps 94:14; Is 1:4 Your people,
the house of Jacob,
because they are full of divination from the East
and of fortune-tellers # Lv 19:26; Dt 18:10-14; 2Kg 21:6; 2Ch 33:6; Jr 27:9; Mc 5:12 like the Philistines. # Jdg 14:3; 1Sm 6:2; 2Kg 1:2-6
They are in league # Or They teem, or They partner ; Hb obscure with foreigners.
7Their # Lit Its # = the house of Jacob land is full of silver and gold,
and there is no limit to their treasures;
their land is full of horses,
and there is no limit to their chariots. # Dt 17:17
8Their land is full of idols; # Is 10:10-11; 19:1-3; 31:7; Jr 2:28
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their fingers have made. # Is 41:21-29; 44:9-17
9So humanity is brought low,
and man is humbled.
Do not forgive them! # Ex 34:7
10Go into the rocks # Rv 6:15
and hide in the dust
from the terror of the Lord # 1Sm 11:7; 2Ch 14:14; 17:10; 19:7; Is 2:19,21
and from His majestic splendor. # 2Th 1:9
11Human pride # Lit Mankind’s proud eyes will be humbled, # Ps 18:27; Is 2:17; Mc 2:3; 2Co 10:5
and the loftiness of men will be brought low;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
12For a day belonging to the Lord of Hosts is coming
against all that is proud and lofty, # Mal 4:1
against all that is lifted up — it will be humbled —
13against all the cedars of Lebanon, # Ps 29:5; Is 14:8; Hs 14:5
lofty and lifted up,
against all the oaks of Bashan, # Ezk 27:6; Zch 11:2
14against all the high mountains, # Is 40:4
against all the lofty hills,
15against every high tower, # Is 25:12; Zph 1:16
against every fortified wall,
16against every ship of Tarshish, # 1Kg 10:22; Is 23:1,14; 60:9
and against every splendid sea vessel.
17So human pride will be brought low,
and the loftiness of men will be humbled;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day. # Mt 25:13
18The idols will vanish completely.
19People will go into caves in the rocks # Is 2:10
and holes in the ground,
away from the terror of the Lord
and from His majestic splendor,
when He rises to terrify the earth. # Ps 18:7; Is 13:13; 24:1,19-20; Hg 2:6-7; Heb 12:26
20On that day people will throw
their silver and gold idols, # Is 30:22; 31:7
which they made to worship,
to the moles and the bats.
21They will go into the caves of the rocks
and the crevices in the cliffs,
away from the terror of the Lord
and from His majestic splendor, # Is 2:10
when He rises to terrify the earth.
22Put no more trust in man,
who has only the breath in his nostrils. # Ps 39:11; 144:4; 146:3; Jr 17:5; Jms 4:14
What is he really worth?
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Isaiah 2
2
The Lord’s Future Reign
1This is a vision that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
2In the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s house
will be the highest of all—
the most important place on earth.
It will be raised above the other hills,
and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.
3People from many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of Jacob’s God.
There he will teach us his ways,
and we will walk in his paths.”
For the Lord’s teaching will go out from Zion;
his word will go out from Jerusalem.
4The Lord will mediate between nations
and will settle international disputes.
They will hammer their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will no longer fight against nation,
nor train for war anymore.
A Warning of Judgment
5Come, descendants of Jacob,
let us walk in the light of the Lord!
6For the Lord has rejected his people,
the descendants of Jacob,
because they have filled their land with practices from the East
and with sorcerers, as the Philistines do.
They have made alliances with pagans.
7Israel is full of silver and gold;
there is no end to its treasures.
Their land is full of warhorses;
there is no end to its chariots.
8Their land is full of idols;
the people worship things they have made
with their own hands.
9So now they will be humbled,
and all will be brought low—
do not forgive them.
10Crawl into caves in the rocks.
Hide in the dust
from the terror of the Lord
and the glory of his majesty.
11Human pride will be brought down,
and human arrogance will be humbled.
Only the Lord will be exalted
on that day of judgment.
12For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
has a day of reckoning.
He will punish the proud and mighty
and bring down everything that is exalted.
13He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon
and all the mighty oaks of Bashan.
14He will level all the high mountains
and all the lofty hills.
15He will break down every high tower
and every fortified wall.
16He will destroy all the great trading ships#2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish.
and every magnificent vessel.
17Human pride will be humbled,
and human arrogance will be brought down.
Only the Lord will be exalted
on that day of judgment.
18Idols will completely disappear.
19When the Lord rises to shake the earth,
his enemies will crawl into holes in the ground.
They will hide in caves in the rocks
from the terror of the Lord
and the glory of his majesty.
20On that day of judgment they will abandon the gold and silver idols
they made for themselves to worship.
They will leave their gods to the rodents and bats,
21while they crawl away into caverns
and hide among the jagged rocks in the cliffs.
They will try to escape the terror of the Lord
and the glory of his majesty
as he rises to shake the earth.
22Don’t put your trust in mere humans.
They are as frail as breath.
What good are they?
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