Isaiah 2

¹The word which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.

²And it will come about in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and all nations will come to it.

³And the peoples will say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob: and he will give us knowledge of his ways, and we will be guided by his word; for out of Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

⁴And he will be the judge between the nations, and the peoples will be ruled by his decisions: and their swords will be turned into plough-blades, and their spears into vine-knives: no longer will the nations be turning their swords against one another, and the knowledge of war will be gone for ever.

⁵O family of Jacob, come, and let us go in the light of the Lord.

⁶For you, O Lord, have given up your people, the family of Jacob, because they are full of the evil ways of the east, and make use of secret arts like the Philistines, and are friends with the children of strange countries.

⁷And their land is full of silver and gold, and there is no end to their stores; their land is full of horses, and there is no end to their carriages.

⁸Their land is full of images; they give worship to the work of their hands, even to that which their fingers have made.

⁹And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.

¹⁰Go into a hole in the rock, covering yourselves with dust, in fear of the Lord, before the glory of his power.

¹¹The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

¹²For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;

¹³And on all the high trees of Lebanon, and on all the strong trees of Bashan;

¹⁴And on all the high mountains, and on all the hills which are lifted up;

¹⁵And on every high tower, and on every strong wall;

¹⁶And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all the fair boats.

¹⁷And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

¹⁸And the images will never be seen again.

¹⁹And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

²⁰In that day men will put their images of silver and of gold, which they made for worship, in the keeping of the beasts of the dark places;

²¹To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

²²Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.

Isaiah 2

¹This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

²It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.

³Many peoples shall go and say, "Come, let's 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 the law shall go forth, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

⁴He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning 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.

⁵House of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

⁶For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled from the east, with those who practice divination like the Philistines, and they clasp hands with the children of foreigners.

⁷Their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures. Their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.

⁸Their land also is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

⁹Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore do not forgive them.

¹⁰Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from before the terror of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty.

¹¹The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the haughtiness of men will be bowed down, and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

¹²For there will be a day of the Lord of hosts for all that is proud and haughty, and for all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:

¹³For all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, for all the oaks of Bashan,

¹⁴For all the high mountains, for all the hills that are lifted up,

¹⁵For every lofty tower, for every fortified wall,

¹⁶For all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery.

¹⁷The 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.

¹⁸The idols shall utterly pass away.

¹⁹Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.

²⁰In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

²¹To go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.

²²Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?