Isaiah 2

1 The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

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

2 And in the last days, the mountain of the house of the Lord will be prepared at the summit of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills, and all the nations shall flow 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 go, and they will say: “Let us approach and ascend to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob. And he will teach us his ways, and we will 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 And he will judge the nations, and he will rebuke many peoples. And they shall forge their swords into plowshares, and their spears into sickles. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they continue to train for battle.

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 O house of Jacob, let us approach and 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 cast aside your people, the house of Jacob, because they have been filled up, as in past times, and because they have had soothsayers as the Philistines have, and because they have joined themselves to foreign servants.

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 has been filled with silver and gold. And there is no end to their storehouses.

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 And their land has been filled with horses. And their four-horse chariots are innumerable. And their land has been filled with idols. They have adored the work of their hands, which their own 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 And man has bowed himself down, and so man has become debased. Therefore, you should 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 Enter into the rock, and hide in a ditch in the soil, from the presence of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory 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 lofty eyes of man have been humbled, and the haughtiness of men will be bowed down. Then the Lord alone shall 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 prevail over all the proud and self-exalted, and over all the arrogant, and each one shall 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 and over all the straight and tall cedars of Lebanon, and over all the oaks of Bashan;

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

14 and over all the lofty mountains, and over all the elevated hills;

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

15 and over every lofty tower, and over every fortified wall;

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

16 and over all the ships of Tarshish, and over all the beauty that may be seen.

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

17 And the loftiness of men will be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men will be brought low. And the Lord alone shall 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 idols will be thoroughly crushed.

And the images will never be seen again.

19 And they will go into the caves of the rocks, and into the caverns of the earth, from the presence of the dread of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he will have risen up to strike 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, man shall cast aside his idols of silver and his images of gold, which he had made for himself, as if to reverence the moles and the bats.

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 And so he will go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the caverns of stone, from the presence of the dread of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he will have risen up to strike 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 Therefore, rest away from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he considers himself to be exalted.

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