Isaiah 2:1–6:13
2 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Now ait shall come to pass bin the latter days
cThat the mountain of the Lord’s house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills;
And all nations shall flow to it.
3 Many people shall come and say,
d“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
He will teach us His ways,
And we shall walk in His paths.”
eFor out of Zion shall go forth the law,
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 He shall judge between the nations,
And rebuke many people;
They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning 1hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore.
5 O house of Jacob, come and let us fwalk
In the light of the Lord.
6 For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob,
Because they are filled gwith eastern ways;
They are hsoothsayers like the Philistines,
iAnd they 2are pleased with the children of foreigners.
7 jTheir land is also full of silver and gold,
And there is no end to their treasures;
Their land is also full of horses,
And there is no end to their chariots.
8 kTheir land is also full of idols;
They worship the work of their own hands,
That which their own fingers have made.
And each man humbles himself;
Therefore do not forgive them.
10 lEnter into the rock, and hide in the dust,
From the terror of the Lord
And the glory of His majesty.
11 The 3lofty looks of man shall be mhumbled,
The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down,
And the Lord alone shall be exalted nin that day.
12 For the day of the Lord of hosts
Shall come upon everything proud and lofty,
Upon everything lifted up—
And it shall be brought low—
13 Upon all othe cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up,
And upon all the oaks of Bashan;
14 pUpon all the high mountains,
And upon all the hills that are lifted up;
And upon every fortified wall;
16 qUpon all the ships of Tarshish,
And upon all the beautiful sloops.
17 The 4loftiness of man shall be bowed down,
And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low;
The Lord alone will be exalted in that day,
18 But the idols 5He shall utterly abolish.
19 They shall go into the rholes of the rocks,
And into the caves of the 6earth,
sFrom the terror of the Lord
And the glory of His majesty,
When He arises tto shake the earth mightily.
20 In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver
And his idols of gold,
Which they made, each for himself to worship,
To the moles and bats,
21 To go into the clefts of the rocks,
And into the crags of the rugged rocks,
From the terror of the Lord
And the glory of His majesty,
When He arises to shake the earth mightily.
22 uSever 7yourselves from such a man,
Whose vbreath is in his nostrils;
For 8of what account is he?
Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem
3 For behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts,
aTakes away from Jerusalem and from Judah
The whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water;
2 cThe mighty man and the man of war,
The judge and the prophet,
And the diviner and the elder;
3 The captain of fifty and the 2honorable man,
The counselor and the skillful artisan,
And the expert enchanter.
4 “I will give dchildren 3to be their princes,
And 4babes shall rule over them.
5 The people will be oppressed,
Every one by another and every one by his neighbor;
The child will be insolent toward the 5elder,
And the 6base toward the honorable.”
6 When a man takes hold of his brother
In the house of his father, saying,
“You have clothing;
You be our ruler,
And let these ruins be under your 7power,”
7 In that day he will protest, saying,
“I cannot cure your ills,
For in my house is neither food nor clothing;
Do not make me a ruler of the people.”
8 For eJerusalem stumbled,
And Judah is fallen,
Because their tongue and their doings
Are against the Lord,
To provoke the eyes of His glory.
9 The look on their countenance witnesses against them,
And they declare their sin as fSodom;
They do not hide it.
Woe to their soul!
For they have brought evil upon themselves.
10 “Say to the righteous gthat it shall be well with them,
hFor they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
11 Woe to the wicked! iIt shall be ill with him,
For the reward of his hands shall be 8given him.
12 As for My people, children are their oppressors,
And women rule over them.
O My people! jThose who lead you 9cause you to err,
And destroy the way of your paths.”
Oppression and Luxury Condemned
13 The Lord stands up kto 1plead,
And stands to judge the people.
14 The Lord will enter into judgment
With the elders of His people
And His princes:
“For you have 2eaten up lthe vineyard;
The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by mcrushing My people
And grinding the faces of the poor?”
Says the Lord God of hosts.
“Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,
And walk with 3outstretched necks
And 4wanton eyes,
Walking and 5mincing as they go,
Making a jingling with their feet,
17 Therefore the Lord will strike with na scab
The crown of the head of the daughters of Zion,
And the Lord will ouncover their secret parts.”
18 In that day the Lord will take away the finery:
The jingling anklets, the 6scarves, and the pcrescents;
19 The pendants, the bracelets, and the veils;
20 The headdresses, the leg ornaments, and the headbands;
The perfume boxes, the charms,
The nose jewels,
22 the festal apparel, and the mantles;
The outer garments, the purses,
The fine linen, the turbans, and the robes.
Instead of a sweet smell there will be a stench;
Instead of a sash, a rope;
Instead of well-set hair, qbaldness;
Instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth;
And 7branding instead of beauty.
25 Your men shall fall by the sword,
And your 8mighty in the war.
26 rHer gates shall lament and mourn,
And she being desolate sshall sit on the ground.
4 And ain that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying,
“We will beat our own food and wear our own apparel;
Only let us be called by your name,
To take away cour reproach.”
2 In that day dthe Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious;
And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing
For those of Israel who have escaped.
3 And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem ewill be called holy—everyone who is frecorded among the living in Jerusalem. 4 When gthe Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the 1blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning, 5 then the Lord will create above every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and above her assemblies, ha cloud and smoke by day and ithe shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a 2covering. 6 And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, jfor a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain.
5 Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my Beloved aregarding His vineyard:
My Well-beloved has a vineyard
1On a very fruitful hill.
2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones,
And planted it with the choicest vine.
He built a tower in its midst,
And also 2made a winepress in it;
bSo He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
But it brought forth wild grapes.
3 “And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,
cJudge, please, between Me and My vineyard.
4 What more could have been done to My vineyard
That I have not done in dit?
Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes,
Did it bring forth wild grapes?
5 And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard:
eI will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned;
And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
6 I will lay it fwaste;
It shall not be pruned or 3dug,
But there shall come up briers and gthorns.
I will also command the clouds
That they rain no rain on it.”
7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant.
He looked for justice, but behold, oppression;
For righteousness, but behold, 4a cry for help.
Impending Judgment on Excesses
8 Woe to those who 5join hhouse to house;
They add field to field,
Till there is no place
Where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land!
9 iIn my hearing the Lord of hosts said,
“Truly, many houses shall be desolate,
Great and beautiful ones, without inhabitant.
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one jbath, 6
And a 7homer of seed shall yield one ephah.”
11 kWoe to those who rise early in the morning,
That they may 8follow intoxicating drink;
Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!
12 lThe harp and the strings,
The tambourine and flute,
And wine are in their feasts;
But mthey do not regard the work of the Lord,
Nor consider the operation of His hands.
13 nTherefore my people have gone into captivity,
Because they have no oknowledge;
Their honorable men are famished,
And their multitude dried up with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself
And opened its mouth beyond measure;
Their glory and their multitude and their pomp,
And he who is jubilant, shall descend into it.
15 People shall be brought down,
pEach man shall be humbled,
And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.
16 But the Lord of hosts shall be qexalted in judgment,
And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.
17 Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,
And in the waste places of rthe 9fat ones strangers shall eat.
18 Woe to those who 1draw iniquity with cords of 2vanity,
And sin as if with a cart rope;
19 sThat say, “Let Him make speed and hasten His work,
That we may see it;
And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come,
That we may know it.”
20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are twise in their own eyes,
And prudent in their own sight!
22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine,
Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,
23 Who ujustify the wicked …