Isaiah, 2

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

1. The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

2. In days to come, The mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills. All nations shall stream toward it;

2. It will happen in the final days that the mountain of Yahweh's house will rise higher than the mountains and tower above the heights. Then all the nations will stream to it,

3. many peoples shall come and say: "Come, let us climb the LORD'S mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths." For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

3. many peoples will come to it and say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob that he may teach us his ways so that we may walk in his paths.' For the Law will issue from Zion and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.

4. He shall judge between the nations, and impose terms on many peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again.

4. Then he will judge between the nations and arbitrate between many peoples. They will hammer their swords into ploughshares and their spears into sickles. Nation will not lift sword against nation, no longer will they learn how to make war.

5. O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD!

5. House of Jacob, come, let us walk in Yahweh's light.

6. You have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with fortunetellers and soothsayers, like the Philistines; they covenant with strangers.

6. You have rejected your people, the House of Jacob, for it has long been full of sorcerers like the Philistines, and is overrun with foreigners.

7. Their land is full of silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; Their land is full of horses, and there is no end to their chariots.

7. The country is full of silver and gold and treasures unlimited, the country is full of horses, its chariots are unlimited;

8. Their land is full of idols; they worship the works of their hands, that which their fingers have made.

8. the country is full of idols. They bow down before the work of their hands, before what their own fingers have made.

9. But man is abased, each one brought low. (Do not pardon them!)

9. Human nature has been humbled, humankind brought low: do not raise them again!

10. Get behind the rocks, hide in the dust, From the terror of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty!

10. Go into the rock, hide in the dust, in terror of Yahweh, at the brilliance of his majesty, when he arises to make the earth quake.

11. The haughty eyes of man will be lowered, the arrogance of men will be abased, and the LORD alone will be exalted, on that day.

11. Human pride will lower its eyes, human arrogance will be humbled, and Yahweh alone will be exalted, on that day.

12. For the LORD of hosts will have his day against all that is proud and arrogant, all that is high, and it will be brought low;

12. That will be a day for Yahweh Sabaoth, for all who are majestic and haughty, for all who are proud, to be brought low,

13. Yes, against all the cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan,

13. for all the cedars of Lebanon, high and proud, and for all the oaks of Bashan;

14. Against all the lofty mountains and all the high hills,

14. for all the high mountains and for all the proud hills;

15. Against every lofty tower and every fortified wall,

15. for every lofty tower and for every towering wall;

16. Against all the ships of Tarshish and all stately vessels.

16. for all the ships of Tarshish and for everything held precious.

17. Human pride will be abased, the arrogance of men brought low, And the LORD alone will be exalted, on that day.

17. Human pride will be humbled, human arrogance brought low, and Yahweh alone will be exalted, on that day.

18. The idols will perish forever.

18. When the idols all disappear,

19. Men will go into caves in the rocks and into holes in the earth, From the terror of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he arises to overawe the earth.

19. they will go into the caverns of the rocks and into the fissures of the earth in terror of Yahweh, at the brilliance of his majesty, when he arises to make the earth quake.

20. On that day men will throw to the moles and the bats the idols of silver and gold which they made for worship.

20. That day, people will fling to moles and bats the silver idols and golden idols which have been made for them to worship,

21. They go into caverns in the rocks and into crevices in the cliffs, From the terror of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he arises to overawe the earth.

21. and go into the crevices of the rocks and the clefts in the cliffs, in terror of Yahweh, at the brilliance of his majesty, when he arises to make the earth quake.

22. As for you, let man alone, in whose nostrils is but a breath; for what is he worth?

22. Have no more to do with humankind, which has only the breath in its nostrils. How much is this worth?