Isaiah 2

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

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

2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of Yhwh's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be firmly established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and unto it shall flow all the nations.

3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Yhwh, 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 the word of Yhwh from Jerusalem.

And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to 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 the law, and the word of the Lord out of Jerusalem.

4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

And he will judge among the nations, and decide for many people; and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, and they shall not learn any more war.

5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Yhwh.

O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

For thou hast abandoned thy people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of [witchcraft] more than the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and with the children of strangers they unite themselves.

7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:

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

8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

And full became their land of idols; to the work of their own hands they bow themselves, to what their own fingers have made.

9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

And so is bent down the son of earth, and humbled the man; and thou wilt not forgive them.

10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of Yhwh, and for the glory of his majesty.

Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, because of the dread of the Lord, and because of the glory of his majesty.

11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And Yhwh alone shall be exalted in that day.

The looks of human pride shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bent down: and exalted shall be the Lord alone on that day.

12 For the day of Yhwh of Armies shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

For there is a day [of judgment] unto the Lord of hosts over every proud and lofty one; and over every exalted one, that he be brought low;

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

And over all the cedars of the Lebanon, the high and exalted, and over all the oaks of Bashan;

14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

And over all the high mountains, and over all the exalted hills;

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

And over every high tower, and over every fortified wall;

16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

And over all the ships of Tharshish; and over all desirable palaces.

17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: And Yhwh alone shall be exalted in that day.

And the pride of man shall be bent down, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled: and exalted shall be the Lord alone on that day.

18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

And the idols will he utterly abolish.

19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of Yhwh, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

And men shall enter into the caverns of rocks, and into the rifts of the earth, because of the dread of the Lord, and because of the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to terrify the earth.

20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

On that day shall a man cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which have been made for him to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of Yhwh, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

To enter into the clefts of the rocks, and into the hollows of the cliffs, because of the dread of the Lord, and because of the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to terrify the earth.

22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Withdraw yourselves [then] from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; because, for what is he to be esteemed?