Isaiah 2

¹The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

²And in the last days, the mountain of the house of the Lord will be prepared at the summit of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills, and all the nations shall flow to it.

³And many peoples will go, and they will say: “Let us approach and ascend to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob. And he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

⁴And he will judge the nations, and he will rebuke many peoples. And they shall forge their swords into plowshares, and their spears into sickles. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they continue to train for battle.

⁵O house of Jacob, let us approach and walk in the light of the Lord.

⁶For you have cast aside your people, the house of Jacob, because they have been filled up, as in past times, and because they have had soothsayers as the Philistines have, and because they have joined themselves to foreign servants.

⁷Their land has been filled with silver and gold. And there is no end to their storehouses.

⁸And their land has been filled with horses. And their four-horse chariots are innumerable. And their land has been filled with idols. They have adored the work of their hands, which their own fingers have made.

⁹And man has bowed himself down, and so man has become debased. Therefore, you should not forgive them.

¹⁰Enter into the rock, and hide in a ditch in the soil, from the presence of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty.

¹¹The lofty eyes of man have been humbled, and the haughtiness of men will be bowed down. Then the Lord alone shall be exalted, in that day.

¹²For the day of the Lord of hosts will prevail over all the proud and self-exalted, and over all the arrogant, and each one shall be humbled,

¹³and over all the straight and tall cedars of Lebanon, and over all the oaks of Bashan;

¹⁴and over all the lofty mountains, and over all the elevated hills;

¹⁵and over every lofty tower, and over every fortified wall;

¹⁶and over all the ships of Tarshish, and over all the beauty that may be seen.

¹⁷And the loftiness of men will be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men will be brought low. And the Lord alone shall be exalted, in that day.

¹⁸And idols will be thoroughly crushed.

¹⁹And they will go into the caves of the rocks, and into the caverns of the earth, from the presence of the dread of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he will have risen up to strike the earth.

²⁰In that day, man shall cast aside his idols of silver and his images of gold, which he had made for himself, as if to reverence the moles and the bats.

²¹And so he will go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the caverns of stone, from the presence of the dread of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he will have risen up to strike the earth.

²²Therefore, rest away from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he considers himself to be exalted.

Isaiah 2

¹The word that Isaiah the son of Amos saw, concerning Juda and Jerusalem.

²And in the last days the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be prepared on the top of mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it.

³And many people shall go, and say: Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall come forth from Sion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

⁴And he shall judge the Gentiles, and rebuke many people: and they shall turn their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they be exercised any more to war.

⁵O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

⁶For thou hast cast off thy people, the house of Jacob: because they are filled as in times past, and have had soothsayers as the Philistines, and have adhered to strange children.

⁷Their land is filled with silver and gold: and there is no end of their treasures.

⁸And their land is filled with horses: and their chariots are innumerable. Their land also is full of idols: they have adored the work of their own hands, which their own fingers have made.

⁹And man hath bowed himself down, and man hath been debased: therefore forgive them not.

¹⁰Enter thou into the rock, and hide thee in the pit from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty.

¹¹The lofty eyes of man are humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be made to stoop: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

¹²Because the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and highminded, and upon every one that is arrogant, and he shall be humbled.

¹³And upon all the tall and lofty cedars of Libanus, and upon all the oaks of Basan.

¹⁴And upon all the high mountains and upon all the elevated hills.

¹⁵And upon every high tower, and every fenced wall.

¹⁶And upon all the ships of Tharsis, and upon all that is fair to behold.

¹⁷And the loftiness of men shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

¹⁸And idols shall be utterly destroyed.

¹⁹And they shall go into the holes of rocks, and into the caves of the earth from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth.

²⁰In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which he had made for himself to adore, moles and bats.

²¹And he shall go into the clefts of rocks, and into the holes of stones from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth.

²²Cease ye therefore from the man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he is reputed high.