Isaiah 2

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

This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning 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.

It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of the LORD’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.

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.

Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the law shall go out of Zion, and the LORD’s 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.

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

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

House of Jacob, come, and let’s walk in the light of the LORD.

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

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

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

Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore 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!

Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from before the terror of the LORD, and 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.

The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the arrogance of men will be bowed down, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

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;

For there will be a day of the LORD of Armies for all that is proud and arrogant, and for all that is lifted up, and it shall be brought low—

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

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

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

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

15 Against every lofty tower, And against every high wall;

for every lofty tower, for every fortified wall,

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

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

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 loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the arrogance of men shall be brought low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

18 The idols shall wholly pass away;

The idols shall utterly pass 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.

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

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;

In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which have been made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to 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.

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

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

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