Isaiah 2
1 This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
This is the vision that Isaiah, 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.
In 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.
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.
People 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. God's teachings will spread out from Zion, his 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.
The Lord will decide the cases of the nations; he will settle arguments between nations. They will hammer their swords and turn them into plough blades, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not fight against each other anymore; they will no longer learn methods of warfare.
5 Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Come, you Israelites, let's walk in the Lord's light.
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, 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.
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.
Their country is full of silver and gold, and endless wealth. Their land is full of horses; and they have an endless amount of chariots.
8 Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
Their country is full of idols; they bow down and worship what they have made themselves—produced by their own hands!
9 So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not forgive them!
These people will be brought down and humiliated—Lord, don't forgive them!
10 Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.
Run away into rock caves, hide underground from the terrifying presence of the Lord, 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.
Those 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.
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—
The Lord has set aside a day when he will deal with the proud and arrogant. He will end all self-glorification, bringing it down.
13 against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,
He will cut down the cedars of Lebanon, tall and high, and all the great oaks of Bashan,
14 against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,
He will bring down the tall mountains and the high hills.
15 against every high tower, against every fortified wall,
He will tear down every high tower and every defensive wall.
16 against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.
He will wipe out all the commercial ships of Tarshish as well as the pleasure vessels.
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,
The arrogant will be humbled; the proud will be brought low. On that day only the Lord will be lifted high.
18 and the idols will vanish completely.
Idols will completely vanish 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.
People 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.
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.
On that day the people will take the idols of silver and gold that they made to worship and throw them away to the rats and 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.
They 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.
22 Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
Don't bother trusting human beings who only live for a while. How much do they count?
