Isaiah 2
1 The thing that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
This is the vision that Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.
2 And it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, Established is the mount of Jehovah's house, Above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the heights, And flowed unto it have 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 gone have many peoples and said, 'Come, and we go up unto the mount of Jehovah, Unto the house of the God of Jacob, And He doth teach us of His ways, And we walk in His paths, For from Zion goeth forth a law, And a 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 And He hath judged between the nations, And hath given a decision to many peoples, And they have beat their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation doth not lift up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn any more — war.
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, And we walk in the light of Jehovah.'
Come, you Israelites, let's walk in the Lord's light.
6 For Thou hast left Thy people, the house of Jacob. For they have been filled from the east, And [are] sorcerers like the Philistines, And with the children of strangers strike 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 its land is full of silver and gold, And there is no end to its treasures, And its land is full of horses, And there is no end to its 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 And its land is full of idols, To the work of its hands it boweth itself, To that which its 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 And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not.
These people will be brought down and humiliated—Lord, don't forgive them!
10 Enter into a rock, and be hidden in dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency.
Run away into rock caves, hide underground from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty.
11 The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been 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 a day [is] to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,
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 for all cedars of Lebanon, The high and the exalted ones, And for all oaks of Bashan,
He will cut down the cedars of Lebanon, tall and high, and all the great oaks of Bashan,
14 And for all the high mountains, And for all the exalted heights,
He will bring down the tall mountains and the high hills.
15 And for every high tower, And for every fenced wall,
He will tear down every high tower and every defensive wall.
16 And for all ships of Tarshish, And for all desirable pictures.
He will wipe out all the commercial ships of Tarshish as well as the pleasure vessels.
17 And bowed down hath been the haughtiness of man, And humbled the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been 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 And the idols — they completely pass away.
Idols will completely vanish away.
19 And [men] have entered into caverns of rocks, And into caves of dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising 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 that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to 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 enter into cavities of the rocks, And into clefts of the high places, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising 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 for you from man, Whose breath [is] in his nostrils, For — in what is he esteemed?
Don't bother trusting human beings who only live for a while. How much do they count?
