Isaiah 2:11–22

¹¹The 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

¹²The Lord of Armies will have his day 

against all who are arrogant and conceited 

and all who are proud of themselves (they will be humbled), 

¹³against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon 

and all the oaks of Bashan, 

¹⁴against all the high mountains 

and all the lofty hills, 

¹⁵against every high tower 

and every fortified wall, 

¹⁶against all the large ships of Tarshish 

and all the beautiful boats. 

¹⁷Then arrogant people will be brought down, 

and high and mighty people will be humbled. 

On that day the Lord alone will be honored. 

¹⁸Then idols will disappear completely. 

¹⁹People will go into caves in the rocks 

and into holes in the ground 

because of the Lord’s terrifying presence 

and the honor of his majesty 

when he rises to terrify the earth. 

²⁰On that day people will throw to the moles and the bats 

the silver and gold idols that they made 

for themselves to worship. 

²¹They will go into caves in the rocks 

and into cracks in the cliffs 

because of the Lord’s terrifying presence 

and the honor of his majesty 

when he rises to terrify the earth. 

²²Stop trusting people. 

Their life is in their nostrils. 

How can they be worth anything?