Isaiah 2

1 This is the vision that Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.

That which Isaiah, son of Amoz saw in vision, —concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

2 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.

But it shall come to pass, in the afterpart of the days, That the mountain of the house of Yahweh Shall be, set up, as the head of the mountains, And be exalted above the hills, —And all the nations, shall stream thereunto;

3 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.”

And many peoples shall go and say—Come ye, and let us ascend Unto the mountain of Yahweh Unto the house of the God of Jacob, That he may teach us of his ways, And we may walk in his paths, —For, out of Zion, shall go forth a law, And the word of Yahweh out of Jerusalem;

4 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.

And he will judge between the nations, And be umpire to many peoples, —And they will beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning-hooks, Nation—against nation, shall not lift up sword, Neither shall they learn any more to make war,

5 Come, you Israelites, let's walk in the Lord's light.

O house of Jacob! come ye and let us walk in the light of Yahweh.

6 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.

Therefore hast thou abandoned thy people the house of Jacob, Because they have become full of the East, And use hidden arts like the Philistines, —And with the children of foreigners, strike hands; —

7 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.

So that filled is their land with silver and gold, And there is no end to their treasures, —And filled is their land with horses, And there is no end to their chariots;

8 Their country is full of idols; they bow down and worship what they have made themselves—produced by their own hands!

And filled is their land with idols, —To the work of their own hands, do they bow themselves down, To that which they made with their own fingers.

9 These people will be brought down and humiliated—Lord, don't forgive them!

So the mean man boweth down And the great man stoopeth low, —Therefore do not thou forgive them!

10 Run away into rock caves, hide underground from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty.

Enter into the rock, Or hide thee in the dust, —Because of the terribleness of Yahweh, And for his majestic splendour.

11 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.

The lofty looks of mean men, shall be humbled, And, the haughtiness of great men, shall be bowed down, —And Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.

12 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.

For, a day of Yahweh of hosts, [shall be] —Upon every one who is high and lofty, —And upon every one who is lifted up, And he shall be brought low;

13 He will cut down the cedars of Lebanon, tall and high, and all the great oaks of Bashan,

And upon all cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, —And upon all the oaks of Bashan;

14 He will bring down the tall mountains and the high hills.

And upon all the lofty mountains, —And upon all the uplifted hills;

15 He will tear down every high tower and every defensive wall.

And upon every high tower, —And upon every fortress wall;

16 He will wipe out all the commercial ships of Tarshish as well as the pleasure vessels.

And upon all the ships of Tarshish, —And upon all desirable banners.

17 The arrogant will be humbled; the proud will be brought low. On that day only the Lord will be lifted high.

And the haughtiness of mean men, shall be humbled, —And the loftiness of great men, shall be laid low, —And Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.

18 Idols will completely vanish away.

And, the idols, shall wholly pass away;

19 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.

And they shall enter into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of clay, —Because of the terribleness of Yahweh, And for his majestic splendour, When he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

20 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.

In that day shall the son of earth cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, —which had been made for him to worship, into the hole of the mice, and to the bats;

21 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.

That he may enter into the clefts of the rocks, and into the fissures of the crags, —Because of the terribleness of Yahweh, And for his majestic splendour, When he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

22 Don't bother trusting human beings who only live for a while. How much do they count?

Cease ye from the son of earth, In whose nostrils is but a breath, —For wherein to be reckoned upon, is he?