Isaiah 2:11–22

¹¹Proud people will be made humble,

and they will bow low with shame.

At that time only the Lord will still be praised.

¹²The Lord All-Powerful has a certain day planned

when he will punish the proud and those who brag,

and they will no longer be important.

¹³He will bring down the tall cedar trees from Lebanon

and the great oak trees of Bashan,

¹⁴all the tall mountains

and the high hills,

¹⁵every tall tower

and every high, strong wall,

¹⁶all the trading ships

and the beautiful ships.

¹⁷At that time proud people will be made humble,

and they will bow low with shame.

At that time only the Lord will be praised,

¹⁸but all the idols will be gone.

¹⁹People will run to caves in the rocky cliffs

and will dig holes and hide in the ground

from the anger of the Lord

and his great power,

when he stands to shake the earth.

²⁰At that time people will throw away

their gold and silver idols,

which they made for themselves to worship;

they will throw them away to the bats and moles.

²¹Then the people will hide in caves

and cracks in the rocks

from the anger of the Lord

and his great power,

when he stands to shake the earth.

²²You should stop trusting in people to save you,

because people are only human;

they aren’t able to help you.