Isaiah 2

1 This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

The word which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.

2 In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.

And it will come about in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and all nations will come to it.

3 And 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. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

And the peoples will say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob: and he will give us knowledge of his ways, and we will be guided by his word; for out of Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

4 Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.

And he will be the judge between the nations, and the peoples will be ruled by his decisions: and their swords will be turned into plough-blades, and their spears into vine-knives: no longer will the nations be turning their swords against one another, and the knowledge of war will be gone for ever.

5 Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.

O family of Jacob, come, and let us go in the light of the Lord.

6 For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

For you, O Lord, have given up your people, the family of Jacob, because they are full of the evil ways of the east, and make use of secret arts like the Philistines, and are friends with the children of strange countries.

7 Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.

And their land is full of silver and gold, and there is no end to their stores; their land is full of horses, and there is no end to their carriages.

8 Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

Their land is full of images; they give worship to the work of their hands, even to that which their fingers have made.

9 So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not forgive them!

And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.

10 Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.

Go into a hole in the rock, covering yourselves with dust, in fear of the Lord, before the glory of his power.

11 The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

12 For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—

For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;

13 against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,

And on all the high trees of Lebanon, and on all the strong trees of Bashan;

14 against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,

And on all the high mountains, and on all the hills which are lifted up;

15 against every high tower, against every fortified wall,

And on every high tower, and on every strong wall;

16 against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.

And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all the fair boats.

17 So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,

And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

18 and the idols will vanish completely.

And the images will never be seen again.

19 Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

20 In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.

In that day men will put their images of silver and of gold, which they made for worship, in the keeping of the beasts of the dark places;

21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

22 Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.