Isaiah 2:11–22

¹¹Human pride will be brought down,

and human arrogance will be humbled.

Only the Lord will be exalted

on that day of judgment.

¹²For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies

has a day of reckoning.

He will punish the proud and mighty

and bring down everything that is exalted.

¹³He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon

and all the mighty oaks of Bashan.

¹⁴He will level all the high mountains

and all the lofty hills.

¹⁵He will break down every high tower

and every fortified wall.

¹⁶He will destroy all the great trading ships

and every magnificent vessel.

¹⁷Human pride will be humbled,

and human arrogance will be brought down.

Only the Lord will be exalted

on that day of judgment.

¹⁸Idols will completely disappear.

¹⁹When the Lord rises to shake the earth,

his enemies will crawl into holes in the ground.

They will hide in caves in the rocks

from the terror of the Lord

and the glory of his majesty.

²⁰On that day of judgment they will abandon the gold and silver idols

they made for themselves to worship.

They will leave their gods to the rodents and bats,

²¹while they crawl away into caverns

and hide among the jagged rocks in the cliffs.

They will try to escape the terror of the Lord

and the glory of his majesty

as he rises to shake the earth.

²²Don’t put your trust in mere humans.

They are as frail as breath.

What good are they?