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Isaiah 2
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A Message for Judah and Jerusalem

2 The message that Amoz’s son Isaiah received[a] concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

2 “It will come about in the last days
    that the mountain that is the Lord’s Temple will be established
        as the highest of mountains,[b]
and will be raised above the hills;
    all the nations will stream to[c] it.
3 Many groups of people[d] will come, commenting,
    “Come! Let’s go up to[e] the Temple of the God of Jacob,
that they[f] may teach us his ways.
    Then let’s walk in his paths.”

The Rule of God from Jerusalem

“Instruction[g] will proceed from Zion,
    and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 He will judge between the nations,
    and will render verdicts[h] for the benefit of many.[i]

“They will beat their swords into plowshares,
    and their spears into pruning hooks;
nations will not raise swords against nations,
    and they will not learn warfare anymore.

5 “You house of Jacob!

Come! Let’s live[j] in the Lord’s light.

6 For you have rejected your people,
the house of Jacob,
because they are filled with practices learned[k] from the East
and they are fortune-tellers like the Philistines.
They cut deals[l] with foreigners.[m]
7 Their land is filled with silver and gold,
and there is no end to their treasures;
their land is filled with horses,
and there is no end to their chariots.
8 Their land is filled with idols;
they bow down to the work of their hands,
        to what their own fingers have made.

9 “So mankind is humbled,
    each human being is brought low,
        and[n] you won’t forgive.”[o]

The Coming Day of the Lord

10 [p] “Go into the rocks!
    Hide in the dust
to escape[q] the terror of the Lord
    and to escape[r] the glory of his majesty![s]
11 The[t] haughty looks of mankind will be brought low,[u]
    the lofty pride of human beings will be humbled,
        and the Lord alone will be exalted at that time.[v]

12 “For the Lord of the Heavenly Armies has reserved[w] a time[x]
    to oppose[y] all who are proud and haughty,
and the[z] self-exalting—
    they will be humbled.
13 He will take his stand[aa] against all the cedars[ab] of Lebanon,
    against the proud and self-exalting;
        and against all the oaks of Bashan;
14 against all the high mountains,
    and against all the lofty hills;
15 against every high tower,
    and against every fortified wall;
16 against all the ships from Tarshish,
    and against all their impressive watercraft.

17 “Humanity’s haughtiness will be humbled,
    male arrogance will be brought low,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
18 Their[ac] idols will utterly vanish.[ad]

19 “They will enter caverns in the rocks
    and holes in the ground
to escape[ae] the presence of the terror of the Lord,
    to escape[af] the splendor of his majesty
        when he arises to terrify the earth.
20 At that time,[ag] mankind will throw
    their silver and gold idols[ah]
that their fingers have made[ai] as objects of worship
    to the moles and to the bats.
21 They will enter caverns in the rocks
    and clefts in the cliffs,
to escape[aj] the terror of the Lord
    and to escape[ak] the splendor of his majesty,
        when he arises to terrorize the earth.

22 “Stop trusting in human beings,
    whose life breath is in their nostrils,
        for what are they[al] really worth?”[am]

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:1 Lit. observed
  2. Isaiah 2:2 So 4QIsae MT LXX; 1QIsaa lacks of mountains
  3. Isaiah 2:2 Or will flow over; so 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsae 4QIsaf MT LXX read will travel to; cf. Mic 4:1
  4. Isaiah 2:3 Lit. Many peoples
  5. Isaiah 2:3 So 1QIsaa 4QIsaf; 4QIsae MT read to the Lord’s mountain, to
  6. Isaiah 2:3 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX, Mic 4:2; 4QIsae MT LXX read he
  7. Isaiah 2:3 Or For the law
  8. Isaiah 2:4 Or judgment
  9. Isaiah 2:4 Lit. many peoples
  10. Isaiah 2:5 Lit. walk
  11. Isaiah 2:6 1QIsaa MT lack with practices learned
  12. Isaiah 2:6 Lit. They shake hands
  13. Isaiah 2:6 Lit. with descendants of foreigners
  14. Isaiah 2:9 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab; the Heb. lacks and
  15. Isaiah 2:9 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab; MT reads forgive them
  16. Isaiah 2:10 This v. is missing from 1QIsaa
  17. Isaiah 2:10 Lit. from
  18. Isaiah 2:10 Lit. and from
  19. Isaiah 2:10 So MT
  20. Isaiah 2:11 Lit. And the
  21. Isaiah 2:11 1QIsaa MT LXX read mankind are low
  22. Isaiah 2:11 Lit. in that day
  23. Isaiah 2:12 1QIsaa MT LXX lack reserved
  24. Isaiah 2:12 Lit. day
  25. Isaiah 2:12 Lit. against
  26. Isaiah 2:12 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read oppose all of the
  27. Isaiah 2:13 DSS MT LXX lack He will take his stand
  28. Isaiah 2:13 I.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family Pinaceae; and so throughout the book
  29. Isaiah 2:18 DSS MT LXX lack Their
  30. Isaiah 2:18 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads He will abolish the idols
  31. Isaiah 2:19 Lit. from
  32. Isaiah 2:19 Lit. from
  33. Isaiah 2:20 Lit. day
  34. Isaiah 2:20 Lit. silver idols and gold idols
  35. Isaiah 2:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads that they made for themselves; LXX reads that they made
  36. Isaiah 2:21 Lit. from
  37. Isaiah 2:21 Lit. from
  38. Isaiah 2:22 Lit. what is he
  39. Isaiah 2:22 LXX lacks this verse
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Isaiah 2
New International Version

The Mountain of the Lord(A)

2 This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:(B)

2 In the last days(C)

the mountain(D) of the Lord’s temple will be established
    as the highest of the mountains;(E)
it will be exalted(F) above the hills,
    and all nations will stream to it.(G)

3 Many peoples(H) will come and say,

“Come, let us go(I) up to the mountain(J) of the Lord,
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(K) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.(L)
4 He will judge(M) between the nations
    and will settle disputes(N) for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.(O)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,(P)
    nor will they train for war anymore.

5 Come, descendants of Jacob,(Q)
    let us walk in the light(R) of the Lord.

The Day of the Lord

6 You, Lord, have abandoned(S) your people,
    the descendants of Jacob.(T)
They are full of superstitions from the East;
    they practice divination(U) like the Philistines(V)
    and embrace(W) pagan customs.(X)
7 Their land is full of silver and gold;(Y)
    there is no end to their treasures.(Z)
Their land is full of horses;(AA)
    there is no end to their chariots.(AB)
8 Their land is full of idols;(AC)
    they bow down(AD) to the work of their hands,(AE)
    to what their fingers(AF) have made.
9 So people will be brought low(AG)
    and everyone humbled(AH)—
    do not forgive them.[a](AI)

10 Go into the rocks, hide(AJ) in the ground
    from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty!(AK)
11 The eyes of the arrogant(AL) will be humbled(AM)
    and human pride(AN) brought low;(AO)
the Lord alone will be exalted(AP) in that day.(AQ)

12 The Lord Almighty has a day(AR) in store
    for all the proud(AS) and lofty,(AT)
for all that is exalted(AU)
    (and they will be humbled),(AV)
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,(AW) tall and lofty,(AX)
    and all the oaks of Bashan,(AY)
14 for all the towering mountains
    and all the high hills,(AZ)
15 for every lofty tower(BA)
    and every fortified wall,(BB)
16 for every trading ship[b](BC)
    and every stately vessel.
17 The arrogance of man will be brought low(BD)
    and human pride humbled;(BE)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,(BF)
18     and the idols(BG) will totally disappear.(BH)

19 People will flee to caves(BI) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground(BJ)
from the fearful presence(BK) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(BL)
    when he rises to shake the earth.(BM)
20 In that day(BN) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats(BO)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,(BP)
    which they made to worship.(BQ)
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks(BR)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(BS)
    when he rises(BT) to shake the earth.(BU)

22 Stop trusting in mere humans,(BV)
    who have but a breath(BW) in their nostrils.
    Why hold them in esteem?(BX)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:9 Or not raise them up
  2. Isaiah 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish
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