1 T he thing that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

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

2 A nd it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, Established is the mount of Jehovah's house, Above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the heights, And flowed unto it have all the nations.

Now it will come about that In the last days The mountain of the house of the Lord Will be established as the chief of the mountains, And will be raised above the hills; And all the nations will stream to it.

3 A nd gone have many peoples and said, `Come, and we go up unto the mount of Jehovah, Unto the house of the God of Jacob, And He doth teach us of His ways, And we walk in His paths, For from Zion goeth forth a law, And a word of Jehovah 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; That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

4 A nd He hath judged between the nations, And hath given a decision to many peoples, And they have beat their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation doth not lift up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn any more -- war.

And He will judge between the nations, And will render decisions for many peoples; And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, And never again will they learn war.

5 O house of Jacob, come, And we walk in the light of Jehovah.'

Come, house of Jacob, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

6 F or Thou hast left Thy people, the house of Jacob. For they have been filled from the east, And sorcerers like the Philistines, And with the children of strangers strike hands.

For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with influences from the east, And they are soothsayers like the Philistines, And they strike bargains with the children of foreigners.

7 A nd its land is full of silver and gold, And there is no end to its treasures, And its land is full of horses, And there is no end to its chariots,

Their land has also been filled with silver and gold And there is no end to their treasures; Their land has also been filled with horses And there is no end to their chariots.

8 A nd its land is full of idols, To the work of its hands it boweth itself, To that which its fingers have made,

Their land has also been filled with idols; They worship the work of their hands, That which their fingers have made.

9 A nd the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not.

So the common man has been humbled And the man of importance has been abased, But do not forgive them.

10 E nter into a rock, and be hidden in dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency.

Enter the rock and hide in the dust From the terror of the Lord and from the splendor of His majesty.

11 T he haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

The proud look of man will be abased And the loftiness of man will be humbled, And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day. A Day of Reckoning Coming

12 F or a day to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,

For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning Against everyone who is proud and lofty And against everyone who is lifted up, That he may be abased.

13 A nd for all cedars of Lebanon, The high and the exalted ones, And for all oaks of Bashan,

And it will be against all the cedars of Lebanon that are lofty and lifted up, Against all the oaks of Bashan,

14 A nd for all the high mountains, And for all the exalted heights,

Against all the lofty mountains, Against all the hills that are lifted up,

15 A nd for every high tower, And for every fenced wall,

Against every high tower, Against every fortified wall,

16 A nd for all ships of Tarshish, And for all desirable pictures.

Against all the ships of Tarshish And against all the beautiful craft.

17 A nd bowed down hath been the haughtiness of man, And humbled the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

The pride of man will be humbled And the loftiness of men will be abased; And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,

18 A nd the idols -- they completely pass away.

But the idols will completely vanish.

19 A nd have entered into caverns of rocks, And into caves of dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth.

Men will go into caves of the rocks And into holes of the ground Before the terror of the Lord And the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to make the earth tremble.

20 I n that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats,

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

21 T o enter into cavities of the rocks, And into clefts of the high places, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth.

In order to go into the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs Before the terror of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to make the earth tremble.

22 C ease for you from man, Whose breath in his nostrils, For -- in what is he esteemed?

Stop regarding man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils; For why should he be esteemed?