Isaiah 2

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

This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

2 And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto 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 peoples shall go and say, come ye, and let us 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 out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from 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 between the nations, and shall reprove many peoples: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn 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 O house of Jacob, come ye, 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 thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be filled [with customs] from the east, and [are] soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of strangers.

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 Their land also 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, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit 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 hands, to what their fingers have made.

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

So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not forgive them!

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

Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.

11 The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, 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 there shall be a day of the LORD of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:

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

against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, 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 tall mountains, against all the high hills,

15 and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fenced wall;

against every high tower, against every fortified wall,

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

against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.

17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low: 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 the idols shall utterly pass away.

and the idols will vanish completely.

19 And 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 ariseth to shake mightily 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 In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made for him to worship, to the moles and to the 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 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 ariseth to shake mightily 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.

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

Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?