Isaiah 2

The Mountain of the Lord

2:1-4^pp — Mic 4:1–3

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

In the last days^b

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

as the highest of the mountains;^d

it will be exalted^e above the hills,

and all nations will stream to it.^f

Many peoples^g will come and say,

“Come, let us go^h up to the mountainⁱ of the Lord,

to the house of the God of Jacob.

He will teach us his ways,

so that we may walk in his paths.”

The law^j will go out from Zion,

the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.^k

He will judge^l between the nations

and will settle disputes^m for many peoples.

They will beat their swords into plowshares

and their spears into pruning hooks.ⁿ

Nation will not take up sword against nation,^o

nor will they train for war anymore.

Come, house of Jacob,^p

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

The Day of the Lord

You have abandoned^a your people,

the house of Jacob.^b

They are full of superstitions from the East;

they practice divination^c like the Philistines^d

and clasp hands^e with pagans.^f

Their land is full of silver and gold;^g

there is no end to their treasures.^h

Their land is full of horses;ⁱ

there is no end to their chariots.^j

Their land is full of idols;^k

they bow down^l to the work of their hands,^m

to what their fingersⁿ have made.

So people will be brought low^o

and everyone humbled^p—

do not forgive them.^q

Go into the rocks, hide^r in the ground

from the fearful presence of the Lord

and the splendor of his majesty!^s

The eyes of the arrogant^t will be humbled^u

and human pride^v brought low;^w

the Lord alone will be exalted^x in that day.^y

The Lord Almighty has a day^z in store

for all the proud^a and lofty,^b

for all that is exalted^c

(and they will be humbled),^d

for all the cedars of Lebanon,^e tall and lofty,^f

and all the oaks of Bashan,^g

for all the towering mountains

and all the high hills,^h

for every lofty towerⁱ

and every fortified wall,^j

for every trading ship^k

and every stately vessel.

The arrogance of all people will be brought low^l

and human pride humbled;^m

the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,ⁿ

and the idols^o will totally disappear.^p

People will flee to caves^q in the rocks

and to holes in the ground^r

from the fearful presence^s of the Lord

and the splendor of his majesty,^t

when he rises to shake the earth.^u

In that day^v people will throw away

to the moles and bats^w

their idols of silver and idols of gold,^x

which they made to worship.^y

They will flee to caverns in the rocks^z

and to the overhanging crags

from the fearful presence of the Lord

and the splendor of his majesty,^a

when he rises^b to shake the earth.^c

Stop trusting in human beings,^d

who have but a breath^e in their nostrils.

Why hold them in esteem?^f