Isaiah 2

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

That which Isaiah, son of Amoz saw in vision, —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.

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 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 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 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.

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 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 Yahweh.

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.

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 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.

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 land also is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 For every lofty tower, for every fortified wall,

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

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

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

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.

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 The idols shall utterly pass away.

And, 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 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 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;

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 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.

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

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