Isaiah 2

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

The word which came to Esaias the son of Amos concerning Judea, and concerning 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.

For in the last days the mountain of the Lord shall be glorious, and the house of God [shall be] on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall come 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.

And many nations shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will tell us his way, and we will walk in it: for out of Sion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord out of 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.

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

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

And now, O house of Jacob, come, [and] let us walk in the light of the Lord.

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 he has forsaken his people the house of Israel, because their land is filled as at the beginning with divinations, as the [land] of the Philistines, and many strange children were born to them.

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,

For their land is filled with silver and gold, and there was no number of their treasures; their land also is filled with horses, and there was no number 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,

And the land is filled with abominations, [even] the works of their hands; and they have worshipped [the works] which their fingers made.

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

And the mean man bowed down, and the great man was humbled: and I will not pardon 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.

Now therefore enter you into the rocks, and hide yourselves in the earth, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth.

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.

For the eyes of the Lord are high, but man is low; and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

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

For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and haughty, and upon every one that is high and towering, and they shall be brought down;

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

and upon every cedar of Libanus, of them that are high and towering, and upon every oak of Basan,

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

and upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill,

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

and upon every high tower, and upon every high wall,

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

and upon every ship of the sea, and upon every display of fine ships.

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.

And every man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall fall: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

18 And the idols—they completely pass away.

And they shall hide all [idols] made with hands,

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.

having carried [them] into the caves, and into the clefts of the rocks, and into the caverns of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly 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,

For in that day a man shall cast forth his silver and gold abominations, which they made [in order] to worship vanities and 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.

to enter into the caverns of the solid rock, and into the clefts of the rocks, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth.

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