Isaiah 2:1–8

The Mountain of the Lord

2:1–4pp—Mic 4:1–3

2This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:^f

²In the last days^g

the mountain^h of the Lord’s temple will be established

as the highest of the mountains;ⁱ

it will be exalted^j above the hills,

and all nations will stream to it.^k

³Many peoples^l will come and say,

“Come, let us go^m up to the mountainⁿ of the Lord,

to the temple of the God of Jacob.

He will teach us his ways,

so that we may walk in his paths.”

The law^o will go out from Zion,

the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.^p

⁴He will judge^q between the nations

and will settle disputes^r for many peoples.

They will beat their swords into plowshares

and their spears into pruning hooks.^s

Nation will not take up sword against nation,^t

nor will they train for war anymore.

⁵Come, descendants of Jacob,^u

let us walk in the light^v of the Lord.

The Day of the Lord

⁶You, Lord, have abandoned^w your people,

the descendants of Jacob.^x

They are full of superstitions from the East;

they practice divination^y like the Philistines^z

and embrace^a pagan customs.^b

⁷Their land is full of silver and gold;^c

there is no end to their treasures.^d

Their land is full of horses;^e

there is no end to their chariots.^f

⁸Their land is full of idols;^g

they bow down^h to the work of their hands,ⁱ

to what their fingers^j have made.