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

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

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.

In 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.

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 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.”

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 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

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

Come, people of Jacob. 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 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.

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 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.

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 filled with false gods. 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 pride has been taken away from the poor man, and important men have been put to shame. 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.

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

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 put to shame. The pride of men will be taken away. And the Lord alone will be honored 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,

On 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.

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

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

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

He will be against all the high mountains, against all the high hills,

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

against every high tower, and against every strong wall.

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

He will be against all the ships of Tarshish, and against all the beautiful boats.

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 taken away. What men honor will be put to shame. The Lord alone will be honored in that day.

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

All the false gods will be gone.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

They 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.

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

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