Isaiah 2
1 The thing that Isaiah son of Amoz has seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
This is the vision that Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.
2 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 O house of Jacob, come, And we walk in the light of YHWH.”
Come, you Israelites, let's walk in the Lord's light.
6 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.
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 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,
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 And its land is full of idols, It bows itself to the work of its hands, To that which its 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 And the low bows down, and the high is humbled, And You do not accept them.
These people will be brought down and humiliated—Lord, don't forgive them!
10 Enter into a rock, and be hidden in dust, Because of the fear of YHWH, And because of the honor of His excellence.
Run away into rock caves, hide underground from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty.
11 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.
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 a day [is] to YHWH of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,
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 And for all cedars of Lebanon, The high and the exalted ones, And for all oaks of Bashan,
He will cut down the cedars of Lebanon, tall and high, and all the great oaks of Bashan,
14 And for all the high mountains, And for all the exalted heights,
He will bring down the tall mountains and the high hills.
15 And for every high tower, And for every fortified wall,
He will tear down every high tower and every defensive wall.
16 And for all ships of Tarshish, And for all desirable pictures.
He will wipe out all the commercial ships of Tarshish as well as the pleasure vessels.
17 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.
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—they completely pass away.
Idols will completely vanish away.
19 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.
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 man casts his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats,
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 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.
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 Cease yourselves from man, Whose breath [is] in his nostrils, For—in what is he esteemed?
Don't bother trusting human beings who only live for a while. How much do they count?
