Isaiah 2

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

The word which came to Esaias the son of Amos concerning Judea, and concerning Jerusalem.

2 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.

For in the last days the mountain of the Lord shall be glorious, and the house of God [shall be] on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall come to it.

3 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.

And many nations shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will tell us his way, and we will walk in it: for out of Sion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord out of Jerusalem.

4 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.

And he shall judge amongst the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles: and nation shall not take up sword against nation, neither shall they learn to war any more.

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

And now, O house of Jacob, come, [and] let us walk in the light of the Lord.

6 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.

For he has forsaken his people the house of Israel, because their land is filled as at the beginning with divinations, as the [land] of the Philistines, and many strange children were born to them.

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.

For their land is filled with silver and gold, and there was no number of their treasures; their land also is filled with horses, and there was no number of 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 the land is filled with abominations, [even] the works of their hands; and they have worshipped [the works] which their fingers made.

9 Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don’t forgive them.

And the mean man bowed down, and the great man was humbled: and I will not pardon them.

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

Now therefore enter you into the rocks, and hide yourselves in the earth, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth.

11 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.

For the eyes of the Lord are high, but man is low; and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

12 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—

For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and haughty, and upon every one that is high and towering, and they shall be brought down;

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

and upon every cedar of Libanus, of them that are high and towering, and upon every oak of Basan,

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

and upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill,

15 for every lofty tower, for every fortified wall,

and upon every high tower, and upon every high wall,

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

and upon every ship of the sea, and upon every display of fine ships.

17 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.

And every man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall fall: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

18 The idols shall utterly pass away.

And they shall hide all [idols] made with hands,

19 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.

having carried [them] into the caves, and into the clefts of the rocks, and into the caverns of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth.

20 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,

For in that day a man shall cast forth his silver and gold abominations, which they made [in order] to worship vanities and bats;

21 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.

to enter into the caverns of the solid rock, and into the clefts of the rocks, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth.

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