Isaiah 2

1 The word which he saw Isaiah [the] son of Amoz on Judah and Jerusalem.

This is the vision that Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.

2 And it will be - at [the] end of the days established it will be [the] mountain of [the] house of Yahweh [the] chief of the mountains and lifted up more than [the] hills and they will stream to it all the nations.

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 they will come peoples many and they will say come - so we may go up to [the] mountain of Yahweh to [the] house of [the] God of Jacob so he may teach us of ways his so we may walk in paths his for from Zion it will go forth instruction and [the] word of Yahweh 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 And he will judge between the nations and he will decide for peoples many and they will beat swords their plowshares and spears their pruning knives not it will lift up nation against nation sword and not they will learn again warfare.

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 so let us walk in [the] light of Yahweh.

Come, you Israelites, let's walk in the Lord's light.

6 For you have abandoned people your [the] house of Jacob for they are full from [the] east and soothsayers like the Philistines and with [the] children of foreigners they clap hands.

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 And it has been filled land its silver and gold and there not [is] an end to treasures its and it has been filled land its horses and there not [is] an end to chariots its.

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 And it has been filled land its idols to [the] work of hands his they bow down to [that] which they have made fingers his.

Their country is full of idols; they bow down and worship what they have made themselves—produced by their own hands!

9 And he has been humbled everyone and he has become low everyone and may not you forgive them.

These people will be brought down and humiliated—Lord, don't forgive them!

10 Go in the rock and hide yourself in the dust from before [the] dread of Yahweh and from [the] splendor of majesty his.

Run away into rock caves, hide underground from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty.

11 Eyes of haughtiness of a person it will become low and it will be humbled [the] pride of people and he will be exalted Yahweh to only him in the day that.

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 a day [belongs] to Yahweh of hosts on every proud [thing] and lofty [thing] and on every [thing] lifted up and [it will be] 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 And on all [the] cedars of Lebanon that are lofty and which are lifted up and on all [the] oaks of Bashan.

He will cut down the cedars of Lebanon, tall and high, and all the great oaks of Bashan,

14 And on all the mountains that are lofty and on all the hills that are lifted up.

He will bring down the tall mountains and the high hills.

15 And on every tower high and on every wall fortified.

He will tear down every high tower and every defensive wall.

16 And on all [the] ships of Tarshish and on all [the] ships of desire.

He will wipe out all the commercial ships of Tarshish as well as the pleasure vessels.

17 And it will be humbled [the] haughtiness of humankind and it will become low [the] pride of people and he will be exalted Yahweh to only him in the day that.

The arrogant will be humbled; the proud will be brought low. On that day only the Lord will be lifted high.

18 And the idols completely it will pass away.

Idols will completely vanish away.

19 And people will go in caves of [the] rocks and in holes of [the] ground from before [the] dread of Yahweh and from [the] splendor of majesty his when arises he to terrify the earth.

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 In the day that it will throw away humankind [the] idols of silver its and [the] idols of gold its which they made for himself to bow down to [the] digging of moles and to 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 To go in [the] crevices of the rocks and in [the] clefts of the cliffs from before [the] dread of Yahweh and from [the] splendor of majesty his when arises he to terrify the earth.

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 Cease yourselves from humankind whom breath [is] in nostril[s] his for how? to be accounted [is] he.

Don't bother trusting human beings who only live for a while. How much do they count?