Isaiah 2

1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

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

2 And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

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.

3 And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

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.

4 And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

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.

5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.

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

6 For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are filled [with customs] from the east, and [are] soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

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!

7 And 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.

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;

8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

Their land is full of idols; They bow down to the work of their own hands, To that which their own fingers have made.

9 And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.

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

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

Go into the rock, hide yourselves in the dust, From the terror of Jehovah, and the glory of his majesty!

11 The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

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.

12 For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;

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;

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

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

14 and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

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

15 and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,

Against every lofty tower, And against every high wall;

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

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

17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

The pride of man shall be humbled; The loftiness of mortals shall be brought low; Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

18 And the idols shall utterly pass away.

The idols shall wholly pass away;

19 And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

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.

20 In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

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;

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

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.

22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?

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