1 T his is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw about Judah and Jerusalem that was coming:

The word which Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

2 I n the last days, the mountain of the house of the Lord will be the most important of the mountains. It will be raised above the hills. All the nations will come to it.

It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow to it.

3 M any people will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. Then He will teach us about His ways, that we may walk in His paths. For the Law will go out from Zion, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”

And many people shall come and say, Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that He may teach us His ways and that we may walk in His paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law and instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

4 H e will judge between the nations, and will decide for many people. And they will beat their swords into plows, and their spears into knives for cutting vines. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, and they will not learn about war anymore. The Day of the Lord

And He shall judge between the nations and shall decide for 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.

5 C ome, people of Jacob. Let us walk in the light of the Lord.

O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.

6 F or You have left Your people, the family of Jacob, because they are filled with the sinful ways of the East. They use secret ways to tell the future like the Philistines. And they make agreements with the children of strangers.

Surely You have rejected and forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled from the east and with soothsayers like the Philistines; also they strike hands and make pledges and agreements with the children of aliens.

7 T heir land is filled with silver and gold. There is no end to their riches. Their land is filled with horses also. And there is no end to their war-wagons.

Their land also is full of silver and gold; neither is there any end to their treasures. Their land is also full of horses; neither is there any end to their chariots.

8 T heir land is filled with false gods. They worship the work of their hands, that which their fingers have made.

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

9 S o pride has been taken away from the poor man, and important men have been put to shame. Do not forgive them.

And the common man is bowed down, also the great man is brought low and humbles himself—therefore forgive them not.

10 G o into the rock and hide in the dust from the anger of the Lord and from the shining-greatness of His power.

Enter into the rock and hide yourself in the dust from before the terror of the Lord and from the glory of His majesty.

11 T he proud look of man will be put to shame. The pride of men will be taken away. And the Lord alone will be honored in that day.

The proud looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

12 O n that day the Lord of All will be against everyone who is proud and feels important, and against all who are honored. They will be put to shame.

For there shall be a day of the Lord of hosts against all who are proud and haughty and against all who are lifted up—and they shall be brought low—

13 H e will be against all the cedar trees of Lebanon that are tall and honored, and against all the oak trees of Bashan.

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

14 H e will be against all the high mountains, against all the high hills,

And against all the high mountains and all the hills that are lifted up,

15 a gainst every high tower, and against every strong wall.

And against every high tower and every fenced wall,

16 H e will be against all the ships of Tarshish, and against all the beautiful boats.

And against all the ships of Tarshish and all the picturesque and desirable imagery.

17 T he pride of man will be taken away. What men honor will be put to shame. The Lord alone will be honored in that day.

Then 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.

18 A ll the false gods will be gone.

And the idols shall utterly pass away (be abolished).

19 M en will go into the caves of the rocks and into holes of the earth because of the anger of the Lord and the shining-greatness of His power when He rises up to shake the earth.

Then shall go into the caves of the rocks and into the holes of the earth from before the terror and dread of the Lord and from before the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake mightily and terribly the earth.

20 I n that day men will take their false gods of silver and gold which they made for themselves to worship and will throw them away to the moles and the bats.

In that day men shall cast away to the moles and to the bats their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship,

21 T hey will go into the caves of the rocks and mountains. They will try to hide from the anger of the Lord and from the shining-greatness of His power, when He rises up to shake the earth.

To go into the caverns of the rocks and into the clefts of the ragged rocks from before the terror and dread of the Lord and from before the glory of His majesty, when He rises to shake mightily and terribly the earth.

22 S top trusting in man. He has only a breath in his nose. Why should he be honored?

Cease to trust in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; in what sense can he be counted as having intrinsic worth?