Isaiah 2

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

The thing that Isaiah son of Amoz has seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

2 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.

And it has come to pass, In the latter end of the days, The mountain of YHWH’s house is established, Above the top of the mountains, And it has been lifted up above the heights, And all the nations have flowed to it.

3 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.

And many peoples have gone and said, “Come, and we go up to the mountain of YHWH, To the house of the God of Jacob, And He teaches us of His ways, And we walk in His paths, For a law goes forth from Zion, And a word of YHWH from Jerusalem.

4 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.

And He has judged between the nations, And has given a decision to many peoples, And they have beat their swords to plowshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation does not lift up sword to nation, Nor do they learn anymore—war.

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

O house of Jacob, come, And we walk in the light of YHWH.”

6 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.

For You have left Your people, the house of Jacob. For they have been filled from the east, And [are] sorcerers like the Philistines, And strike hands with the children of strangers.

7 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.

And its land is full of silver and gold, And there is no end to its treasures, And its land is full of horses, And there is no end to its chariots,

8 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.

And its land is full of idols, It bows itself to the work of its hands, To that which its fingers have made,

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

And the low bows down, and the high is humbled, And You do not accept them.

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

Enter into a rock, and be hidden in dust, Because of the fear of YHWH, And because of the honor of His excellence.

11 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.

The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And the loftiness of men has been bowed down, And YHWH alone has been set on high in that day.

12 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;

For a day [is] to YHWH of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,

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

And for all cedars of Lebanon, The high and the exalted ones, And for all oaks of Bashan,

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

And for all the high mountains, And for all the exalted heights,

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

And for every high tower, And for every fortified wall,

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

And for all ships of Tarshish, And for all desirable pictures.

17 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:

And the haughtiness of man has been bowed down, And the loftiness of men humbled, And YHWH alone has been set on high in that day.

18 and the idols shall utterly pass away.

And the idols—they completely pass away.

19 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.

And [men] have entered into caverns of rocks, And into caves of dust, Because of the fear of YHWH, And because of the honor of His excellence, In His rising to terrify the earth.

20 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;

In that day man casts his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats,

21 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.

To enter into cavities of the rocks, And into clefts of the high places, Because of the fear of YHWH, And because of the honor of His excellence, In His rising to terrify the earth.

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

Cease yourselves from man, Whose breath [is] in his nostrils, For—in what is he esteemed?