Isaiah 2 ~ Isaiah 2

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

¶ The word that Isaiah the 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.

And it shall come to pass in the last of the days or times, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be confirmed as the head of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills; and all the Gentiles shall flow unto 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 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.

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 among the Gentiles and shall rebuke 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.

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

O house of Jacob, come and 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.

¶ Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are replenished from the east and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

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 is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of 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, that which 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 mean man bows down, and the great man humbles himself; therefore thou shalt not forgive them.

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 thee in the dust from the terrible presence 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 lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, 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 the day of the LORD of the hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty and upon every one that is lifted up; and he 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.

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

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

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

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

and upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

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

and upon all the ships of Tarshish and upon all pleasant pictures.

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.

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

18 A ll the false gods will be gone.

And he shall utterly abolish the idols.

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.

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks and into the caves of the earth, because of the terrible presence of the LORD and because of the glory of his majesty when he shall arise to smite 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 man shall cast his idols of silver and his idols of gold (which they made each one for himself to worship) into the caves of the moles and of the bats,

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 clefts of the rocks and into the caverns of the cliffs from before the fearful presence of the LORD and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall arise to smite the earth.

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

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