Isaiah 2:11–22

¹¹The pride of mankind^A will be humbled,^j

and human loftiness will be brought low;

the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

¹²For a day belonging to the Lord of Armies is coming

against all that is proud and lofty,^k

against all that is lifted up—it will be humbled—

¹³against all the cedars of Lebanon,^l

lofty and lifted up,

against all the oaks of Bashan,^m

¹⁴against all the high mountains,ⁿ

against all the lofty hills,

¹⁵against every high tower,^o

against every fortified wall,

¹⁶against every ship of Tarshish,^p

and against every splendid sea vessel.

¹⁷The pride of mankind will be brought low,

and human loftiness will be humbled;

the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.^q

¹⁸The worthless idols will vanish completely.

¹⁹People will go into caves in the rocks^r

and holes in the ground,

away from the terror of the Lord

and from his majestic splendor,

when he rises to terrify the earth.^s

²⁰On that day people will throw

their worthless idols of silver and gold,^t

which they made to worship,

to the moles and the bats.

²¹They will go into the caves of the rocks

and the crevices in the cliffs,

away from the terror of the Lord

and from his majestic splendor,^u

when he rises to terrify the earth.

²²Put no more trust in a mere human,

who has only the breath in his nostrils.^v

What is he really worth?