Isaiah 2

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

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning 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 shall come to pass in the end of days, [that] the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow unto 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 many peoples shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, 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 Jehovah's word 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 shall judge among the nations, and shall reprove many peoples; and they shall forge their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

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

House of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.

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 thou hast cast off thy people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled [with what comes] from the east, and use auguries like the Philistines, and ally themselves with the children of foreigners.

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 of their treasures: their land also is full of horses, and there is no end of their chariots.

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

And their land is full of idols; they bow themselves down to the work of their own hands, to that which their fingers have made.

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

And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man shall be brought low: and do not thou forgive them!

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

Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty.

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 lofty eyes of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted 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 there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon everything proud and lofty, and upon everything lifted up, and it shall be brought low;

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

and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan;

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

and upon all the lofty mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;

15 against every high tower, against every fortified wall,

and upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall;

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

and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant works of art.

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 loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day:

18 and the idols will vanish completely.

and the idols shall utterly pass away.

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 they shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall arise to terrify the earth.

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 shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made [each] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

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 go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the fissures of the cliffs, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall arise to terrify the earth.

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

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for what account is to be made of him?