Isaiah 2

1 This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

The word, which was revealed to Isaiah, the son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

2 It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of YHWH's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.

It shall come to pass in the last days, That the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be established at the head of the mountains, And exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow unto it.

3 And many peoples shall come and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of YHWH, and 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 the law shall go forth, and the word of YHWH from Jerusalem.

And many kingdoms shall go, and shall say, “Come, let us go to the mountain of Jehovah, To the house of the God of Jacob, That he may teach us his ways, And that we may walk in his paths!” For from Zion shall go forth a law, And the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

4 He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

He shall be a judge of the nations, And an umpire of many kingdoms; And they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, And their spears into pruning-hooks; Nation shall not lift up the sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war any more.

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

O house of Jacob, come ye, And let us walk in the light of Jehovah!

6 For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled from the east, with those who practice divination like the Philistines, and they clasp hands with the children of foreigners.

For thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, Because they are full of the East, And are sorcerers, like the Philistines, And strike hands with a foreign race!

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

Their land is full of silver and gold, And there is no end to their treasures; Their land is full 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.

Their land is full of idols; They bow down to the work of their own hands, To that which their own fingers have made.

9 So people bow down, people are low, therefore do not lift them up.

Therefore shall the mean man be bowed down, And the great man be brought low; And thou wilt not forgive them!

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

Go into the rock, hide yourselves in the dust, From the terror of Jehovah, and the glory of his majesty!

11 The proud looks of humankind will be brought low, and the arrogance of people will be brought down; and YHWH alone will be exalted in that day.

The proud looks of man shall be humbled, And the loftiness of mortals shall be brought low; Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

12 For there will be a day of YHWH of hosts for all that is proud and haughty, and for all that is lifted up and high; and it shall be brought low:

For Jehovah of hosts holdeth a day of judgment Against all that is proud and lofty; Against all that is exalted, and it shall be brought low;

13 For all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, for all the oaks of Bashan,

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

14 For all the high mountains, for all the hills that are lifted up,

Against all the lofty mountains, And against all the high hills;

15 For every lofty tower, for every fortified wall,

Against every lofty tower, And against every high wall;

16 For all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery.

Against all the ships of Tarshish, And against all their beautiful flags.

17 The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and YHWH alone shall be exalted in that day.

The pride of man shall be humbled; The loftiness of mortals shall be brought low; Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

18 The idols shall utterly pass away.

The idols shall wholly pass away;

19 Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of YHWH, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.

And men shall go into clefts of the rocks, and caves of the earth, From the terror of Jehovah, and the glory of his majesty, When he ariseth to make the earth tremble.

20 In that day, people will cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold to the rodents and to the bats, which have been made for themselves to worship;

At that time shall men cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they have made to worship, To the moles and the bats;

21 to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of YHWH, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.

Fleeing into caves of the rocks, and clefts of the craggy rocks, From the terror of Jehovah, and the glory of his majesty, When he ariseth to make the earth tremble.

22 Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?

Trust, then, no more in man, Whose breath is in his nostrils! For what account is to be made of him!