Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
1This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem: | 1This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem: |
2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. | 2In the last days the mountain of the LORD's temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. |
3And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain 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.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. | 3Many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain 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 will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. |
4Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war. | 4He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. |
5Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD. | 5Come, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD. |
6For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners. | 6You, LORD, have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob. They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and embrace pagan customs. |
7Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots. | 7Their land is full of silver and gold; there is no end to their treasures. Their land is full of horses; there is no end to their chariots. |
8Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made. | 8Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made. |
9So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled—do not forgive them! | 9So people will be brought low and everyone humbled-- do not forgive them. |
10Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty. | 10Go into the rocks, hide in the ground from the fearful presence of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty! |
11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. | 11The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled and human pride brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. |
12For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled— | 12The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled), |
13against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan, | 13for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, and all the oaks of Bashan, |
14against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills, | 14for all the towering mountains and all the high hills, |
15against every high tower, against every fortified wall, | 15for every lofty tower and every fortified wall, |
16against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel. | 16for every trading ship and every stately vessel. |
17So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day, | 17The arrogance of man will be brought low and human pride humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day, |
18and the idols will vanish completely. | 18and the idols will totally disappear. |
19Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth. | 19People will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from the fearful presence of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth. |
20In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship. | 20In that day people will throw away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made to worship. |
21They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth. | 21They will flee to caverns in the rocks and to the overhanging crags from the fearful presence of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth. |
22Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he? | 22Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nostrils. Why hold them in esteem? |
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