Isaiah 2:1–5:30

The Mountain of Yahweh

2 The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

2 And it shall happen in the future of the days

the mountain of the housea of Yahweh shall be established;

it will be among the highestb of the mountains,

and it shall be raised from the hills.

All of the nations shall travel to him;

3 many peoples shall come.

And they shall say,

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh,

to the housec of the God of Jacob,

and may he teach us part of his ways,

and let us walk in his paths.”

For instruction shall go out from Zion,

and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.

4 He shall judge between the nations

and he shall arbitrate for many peoples.

They shall beat their swords into ploughshares

and their spears into pruning hooks.

A nation shall not lift up a sword against a nation,

and they shall not learn war again.

The Day of Yahweh

5 House of Jacob, come and let us walk in the light of Yahweh.

6 For you have forsaken your people, house of Jacob,

because they are fulld from the east,

and of soothsayers like the Philistines,

and ⌊they make alliances⌋e with the offspring of foreigners.

7 And its land is filled with silver and gold,

and there is no end to its treasures;

and its land is filled with horses,

and there is no end to its chariots.

8 Its land is filled with idols;

they bow down to the work of theirf hands,

to what they made with theirg fingers.

9 So humanity is humbled;

everyone is humbled,

and you must not forgive them.

10 Enter into the rock

and hide yourself in the dust

from the presence of the terror of Yahweh

and from the glory of his majesty.

11 The ⌊haughty eyes⌋h of humanity willi be brought low,

and the pride of everyone will be humbled,

and Yahweh alone will be exalted on that day.

12 For there is a day for Yahweh of hosts

against all of the proud and the lofty

and against all that is lifted up and humble,j

13 and against all the lofty and lifted up cedars of Lebanon,

and against all the large trees of Bashan,

14 and against all the high mountains,

and against all the lofty hills,

15 and against every kind of high tower,

and against every kind of fortified wall,

16 and against all the ships of Tarshish,

and against all the ships of desire.

17 And the haughtiness of the people shall be humbled,

and the pride of everyone shall be brought low,

and Yahweh alone will be exalted on that day.

18 And the idols shall pass away entirely,

19 and they will enter into the caves of the rocks

and into the holes of the ground

from the presence of the terror of Yahweh

and from the glory of his majesty

⌊when he rises⌋k to terrify the earth.

20 On that day humanity will throw away its idols of silver

and its idols of gold,

which they made for it to worship,

to the rodentsl and to the bats—

21 to enter into the crevices of the rocks

and into the clefts of the crags

from the presence of the terror of Yahweh

and from the glory of his majesty,

⌊when he rises⌋m to terrify the earth.

22 Turn away from humanity,

who has breath in its nostrils,n

for byo what is it esteemed?

Leaders of Judah and Jerusalem

3 For look, the Lord Yahweh of hosts is removing ⌊every source of support⌋a

from Jerusalem and from Judah:

all of the supplies of bread

and all of the supplies of water,

2 mighty warrior and man of war,

judge and prophet,

and diviner and elder,

3 captain of fifty and the honorable men of rank,

and counselor and skillful magicians and skillful enchanter.

4 And I will make boys their princes,

and children shall rule over them.

5 And the people will be oppressed ⌊by each other⌋b

and a man by his neighbor.

The boy will act arrogantly toward the elder,

and the dishonorable toward the honorable.

6 Indeed, a man will seize his brother

in the house of his father:

“⌊You have a cloak⌋;c

you shall be a leader for us,

and this heap of ruins shall be under your hand!”

7 He will lift up his voice on that day, saying,

“I will not be a healer;

in my house there is no bread

and there is no cloak.

You shall not make me the leader of the people!”

8 For Jerusalem has stumbled,

and Judah has fallen

because their speech and their deeds are against Yahweh,

defying the eyes of his glory.

9 The look on their faces testifies against them

and they declare their sin like Sodom;

they do not hide it.

Woe to their soul!

For they have dealt out evil to themselves.

10 Tell the innocentd that it is good

for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

11 Woe to the wicked!e It is bad!

For what is done by his hands will be done to him.

12 My people—children are their oppressors,

and women rule over them.

My people, your leaders are misleading you,

and they confuse the course of your paths.

13 Yahweh takes his stand to conduct a legal case

and takes his stand to judge the peoples.

14 Yahweh enters into judgment with the elders of his people and its princes.

“And you! You have devoured the vineyard;

the spoil of the poor is in your houses!

15 ⌊Why⌋f do you crush my people

and grind the face of the poor?”

⌊declares⌋g the Lord Yahweh of hosts.

The Pride of Jerusalem’s Women

16 And Yahweh said: “Becauseh the daughters of Zion are haughty,

and they walk with outstretched neck,

and they give flirting glances with their eyes,

⌊mincing along as they go⌋,i

and ⌊with their feet they rattle their bangles⌋,j

17 the Lord will make the headsk of the daughters of Zion scabby,

and Yahweh will lay their foreheads bare.”

18 In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets

and the headbands and the crescent necklaces,

19 the pendants and the bracelets and the veils,

20 the headdresses and the armlets and the sashes,

and the ⌊perfume boxes⌋l and the amulets,

21 the signet rings and the nose rings,

22 the festal robes and the mantles,

and the cloaks and the handbags,

23 and the mirrors and the linen garments,

and the turbans and the wraps.

24 And this shall happen: There will be

a stench instead of perfume,

and a rope instead of a sash,

and baldness instead of a well-set hairdo,

and a clothing wrap of sackcloth instead of a rich robe,

branding instead of beauty.

25 Your men shall fall by the sword,

and your warriors in battle.

26 And herm gates shall lament and mourn,

and she shall be banished;

she shall sit upon the ground.

4 And seven women shall grasp at one man on that day, saying,

“We will eat our own bread,

and we will wear our own clothing;

only ⌊let us be called by your name⌋!a

Take away our disgrace!”

The Glory of the Branch of Yahweh

2 On that day the branch of Yahweh shall become beautiful and glorious,

and the fruit of the land shall become the pride and glory of the survivorsb of Israel.

3 And this shall happen: He who is left in Zion

and he who remains in Jerusalem will be called holy,

everyone written for life in Jerusalem,

4 when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion

and cleansed the blood of Jerusalem from her midst

by a spirit of judgment

and by a spirit of burning.

5 Then Yahweh will create over all of the sitec of ⌊Mount Zion⌋d

and over her assembly a cloud by day

and smoke and the brightness of flaming fire by night.

Indeed, over all the glory there will be a canopy,

6 and it will be a shelter for shade from the heat by day,

and a refuge and a hiding place from rainstorm and from rain.

The Song of the Vineyard

5 Let me sing for my beloved

a song of my love concerning his vineyard:

⌊My beloved had a vineyard⌋a on ⌊a fertile hill⌋.b

2 And he dug it and cleared it of stones,

and he planted it with choice vines,c

and he built a watchtower in the middle of it,

and he even hewed out a wine vat in it,

and he waited for it to yield grapes—

but it yielded wild grapes.

3 And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem

and mend of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.

4 What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done in it?

Why did I hope for it to yield grapes, and it yielded wild grapes?

5 And now let me tell you what I myself am about to do to my vineyard.

I will remove its hedge, and it shall become a devastation.

I will break down its wall, and it shall become a trampling.

6 And I will make it a wasteland;

it shall not be pruned and hoed,

and it shall be overgrown with brierse and thornbushes.f

And concerning the clouds, I will command ⌊them not to send⌋g rain down upon it.

7 For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts is the house of Israel,

and the manh of Judah is the plantation of his delight.

And he waited for justice,i

but look! Bloodshed!j

For righteousness,k

but look! A cry of distress!l

Woes on the Wicked

8 Ah! Those who ⌊join⌋m house with house,

they join field together with field

until ⌊there is no place⌋n

and you are caused to dwell alone in the midst of the land.

9 Yahweh of hosts said in my ears:

⌊Surely⌋o many houses shall become a desolation,

large and beautiful ones without inhabitant.

10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath,p

and the seed of a homer will yield an ephah.q

11 Ah! Those who rise early in the morning,

they pursue strong drink.

Those who linger in the evening,

wine inflames them.

12 And there will be lyre and harp,

tambourine and flute,

and wine at their feasts,

but they do not look at the deedsr of Yahweh,

and they do not see the work of his hands.

13 Therefore my people will go into exile without knowledge,

and theirs noblest will be men of hunger,

and theiru multitude is parched with thirst.

14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat,

and it has opened wide its mouth without limit,

and herv noblesw will go down, and her multitude,

her tumult and those who revel in her.

15 And humankind is bowed down,

and man is brought low,

and the eyes of the haughty are humiliated.

16 But Yahweh of hosts is exalted by justice,

and the holy God shows himself holy by righteousness.

17 And then the lambs will graze as in their pasture,

and ⌊fatlings, kidsx will eat among the sites of ruins.⌋y

18 Ah! Those who drag iniquity along with the cords of falsehood

and sin as with rope of the cart,

19 those who say,

“Let him make haste;

let him hurry his work

so that we may see it

and let it draw…