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

The word that 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 shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the Lord ’s house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow 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.

Many people shall come and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, 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.

He shall judge between the nations, And rebuke many people; 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 anymore. The Day of the Lord

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

O house of Jacob, come 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 forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with eastern ways; They are soothsayers like the Philistines, And they are pleased 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 is also full of silver and gold, And there is no end to their treasures; Their land is also full of 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 is also full of idols; They worship the work of their own hands, That which their own fingers have made.

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

People bow down, And each man humbles himself; Therefore 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 into the rock, and hide in the dust, From the terror of the Lord And the glory 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 lofty looks of man shall be humbled, The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

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 day of the Lord of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up— And it shall be brought low—

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

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

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

Upon all the high mountains, And upon all the hills that are lifted up;

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

Upon every high tower, And upon every fortified wall;

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

Upon all the ships of Tarshish, And upon all the beautiful sloops.

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 loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; The Lord alone will be exalted in that day,

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

But the idols He shall utterly abolish.

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.

They shall go into the holes of the rocks, And into the caves of the earth, From the terror of the Lord And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

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 a man will cast away his idols of silver And his idols of gold, Which they made, each for himself to worship, To the moles and bats,

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.

To go into the clefts of the rocks, And into the crags of the rugged rocks, From the terror of the Lord And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

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

Sever yourselves from such a man, Whose breath is in his nostrils; For of what account is he?