Esias 2
1 The word which came to Esaias the son of Amos concerning Judea, and concerning Jerusalem.
This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
2 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.
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
3 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.
And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into sickles: and nation shall not take up sword against nation, neither shall they learn to war any more.
Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
5 And now, O house of Jacob, come, [and] let us walk in the light of the Lord.
Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
6 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.
For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
7 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.
Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.
8 And the land is filled with abominations, [even] the works of their hands; and they have worshipped [the works] which their fingers made.
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
9 And the mean man bowed down, and the great man was humbled: and I will not pardon them.
So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not forgive them!
10 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.
Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.
11 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.
The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
12 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;
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—
13 and upon every cedar of Libanus, of them that are high and towering, and upon every oak of Basan,
against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,
14 and upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill,
against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,
15 and upon every high tower, and upon every high wall,
against every high tower, against every fortified wall,
16 and upon every ship of the sea, and upon every display of fine ships.
against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.
17 And every man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall fall: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
18 And they shall hide all [idols] made with hands,
and the idols will vanish completely.
19 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.
Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
20 For in that day a man shall cast forth his silver and gold abominations, which they made [in order] to worship vanities and bats;
In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.
21 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.
They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
