Isaiah 2
1 The word, which was revealed to Isaiah, the son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
This is the vision that Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.
2 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 ye, And let us walk in the light of Jehovah!
Come, you Israelites, let's walk in the Lord's light.
6 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!
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 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;
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 Their land is full of idols; They bow down to the work of their own hands, To that which their own 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 Therefore shall the mean man be bowed down, And the great man be brought low; And thou wilt not forgive them!
These people will be brought down and humiliated—Lord, don't forgive them!
10 Go into the rock, hide yourselves in the dust, From the terror of Jehovah, and the glory of his majesty!
Run away into rock caves, hide underground from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty.
11 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.
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 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;
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 Against all the cedars of Lebanon, the high and the exalted, And against all the oaks of Bashan;
He will cut down the cedars of Lebanon, tall and high, and all the great oaks of Bashan,
14 Against all the lofty mountains, And against all the high hills;
He will bring down the tall mountains and the high hills.
15 Against every lofty tower, And against every high wall;
He will tear down every high tower and every defensive wall.
16 Against all the ships of Tarshish, And against all their beautiful flags.
He will wipe out all the commercial ships of Tarshish as well as the pleasure vessels.
17 The pride of man shall be humbled; The loftiness of mortals shall be brought low; Jehovah alone shall be exalted 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 The idols shall wholly pass away;
Idols will completely vanish away.
19 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.
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 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;
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 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.
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 Trust, then, no more in man, Whose breath is in his nostrils! For what account is to be made of him!
Don't bother trusting human beings who only live for a while. How much do they count?
