Isaiah 2
The Lord Will Teach the Nations—Micah 4:1–3
1 This is the message which Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.2 In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s housewill be established as the highest of the mountainsand raised above the hills.All the nations will stream to it.3 Then many people will come and say,“Let’s go to the mountain of the Lord,to the house of the God of Jacob.He will teach us his ways so that we may live by them.”The teachings will go out from Zion.The word of the Lord will go out from Jerusalem.4 Then he will judge disputes between nationsand settle arguments between many people.They will hammer their swords into plowbladesand their spears into pruning shears.Nations will never fight against each other,and they will never train for war again.5 Come, descendants of Jacob,let’s live in the light of the Lord.
Israel’s Sins
6 Lord, you have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob,because they are filled with Eastern influences.They are fortunetellers like the Philistines,and they make deals with foreigners.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,and they worship what their hands have shapedand what their fingers have molded.9 People will be brought down. Everyone will be humbled.Do not forgive them.10 Go in among the rocks and hide undergroundbecause of the Lord’s terrifying presenceand the honor of his majesty.11 The eyes of arrogant people will be humbled.High and mighty people will be brought down.On that day the Lord alone will be honored.
The Day of the Lord’s Judgment
12 The Lord of Armies will have his dayagainst all who are arrogant and conceitedand all who are proud of themselves (they will be humbled),13 against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanonand all the oaks of Bashan,14 against all the high mountainsand all the lofty hills,15 against every high towerand every fortified wall,16 against all the large ships of Tarshishand all the beautiful boats.17 Then arrogant people will be brought down,and high and mighty people will be humbled.On that day the Lord alone will be honored.18 Then idols will disappear completely.19 People will go into caves in the rocksand into holes in the groundbecause of the Lord’s terrifying presenceand the honor of his majestywhen he rises to terrify the earth.20 On that day people will throw to the moles and the batsthe silver and gold idols that they madefor themselves to worship.21 They will go into caves in the rocksand into cracks in the cliffsbecause of the Lord’s terrifying presenceand the honor of his majestywhen he rises to terrify the earth.22 Stop trusting people.Their life is in their nostrils.How can they be worth anything?
Isaiah 2
The Future Glory of Jerusalem
1 Here is the message about Judah and Jerusalems that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz.t
2 In the futuret
the mountain of the Lord’s temple will enduret
as the most important of mountains,
and will be the most prominent of hills.t
All the nations will stream to it,
3 many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain,
to the temple of the God of Jacob,
sot he can teach us his requirements,t
andt we can follow his standards.”t
For Zion will be the center for moral instruction;t
the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem.t
4 He will judge disputes between nations;
he will settle cases for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares,s
and their spears into pruning hooks.s
Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,
and they will no longer train for war.
5 O descendantst of Jacob,
come, let us walk in the Lord’s guiding light.t
The Lord’s Day of Judgment
6 Indeed, O Lord,t you have abandoned your people,
the descendants of Jacob.
For diviners from the east are everywhere;s
they consult omen readers like the Philistines do.t
Plenty of foreigners are around.t
7 Their land is full of gold and silver;
there is no end to their wealth.t
Their land is full of horses;
there is no end to their chariots.s
8 Their land is full of worthless idols;
they worshipt the product of their own hands,
what their own fingers have fashioned.
9 Men bow down to them in homage,
they lie flat on the ground in worship.t
Don’t spare them!t
10 Go up into the rocky cliffs,
hide in the ground.
Get away from the dreadful judgment of the Lord,t
from his royal splendor!
11 Proud men will be brought low,
arrogant men will be humiliated;t
the Lord alone will be exaltedt
in that day.
12 Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment,t
fort all the high and mighty,
for all who are proud – they will be humiliated;
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,
that are so high and mighty,
for all the oaks of Bashan;s
14 for all the tall mountains,
for all the high hills,s
15 for every high tower,
for every fortified wall,
16 for all the large ships,t
for all the impressivet ships.ts
17 Proud men will be humiliated,
arrogant men will be brought low;t
the Lord alone will be exaltedt
in that day.
18 The worthless idols will be completely eliminated.st
19 Theyt will go into caves in the rocky cliffs
and into holes in the ground,t
trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lordt
and his royal splendor,
when he rises up to terrify the earth.t
20 At that timet men will throw
their silver and gold idols,
which they made for themselves to worship,t
into the caves where rodents and bats live,t
21 so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs
and the openings under the rocky overhangs,s
trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lordt
and his royal splendor,
when he rises up to terrify the earth.t
22 Stop trusting in human beings,
whose life’s breath is in their nostrils.
For why should they be given special consideration?