Isaiah 2
1
The thing that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen
concerning Judah and Jerusalem: 2 And 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. 3 And 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. 4
And 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. 5 O house of Jacob, come, And we walk in the light of Jehovah.' 6
For Thou hast left Thy people, the house of Jacob. For they have been filled
from the east, And [are] sorcerers like the Philistines, And with the children
of strangers strike hands. 7 And 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, 8 And its land is full of idols, To the work of its hands it boweth itself, To that which its fingers have made, 9 And
the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And
Thou acceptest them not. 10 Enter into a rock, and be
hidden in dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency. 11 The 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. 12 For a day [is] to Jehovah of Hosts, For
every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one, 13 And for all
cedars of Lebanon, The high and the exalted ones, And for all oaks of Bashan,
14 And for all the high mountains, And for all the exalted heights, 15 And for
every high tower, And for every fenced wall, 16 And for all ships of Tarshish, And for all desirable pictures. 17 And 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. 18 And the idols--they completely
pass away. 19 And [men] 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. 20 In 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, 21 To 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. 22 Cease for you from man, Whose breath [is] in his
nostrils, For--in what is he esteemed?