Isaiah 2
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| − | + | 1. This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem: | |
| − | 2 In the last days | + | 2. In 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. | ||
| − | the mountain of the | + | 3. Many 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. | ||
| − | + | 4. He 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. | |
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| − | They will beat their swords into plowshares | + | |
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| − | Nation will not take up sword against nation, | + | |
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| − | 6 You, Lord, have abandoned your people, | + | 5. Come, descendants of Jacob, |
| − | + | ::let us walk in the light of the Lord. | |
| − | They are full of superstitions from the East; | + | ::The Day of the Lord |
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| − | + | 6. You, Lord, have abandoned your people, | |
| − | 7 Their land is full of silver and gold; | + | ::the descendants of Jacob. |
| − | + | ::They are full of superstitions from the East; | |
| − | Their land is full of horses; | + | ::they practice divination like the Philistines |
| − | + | ::and embrace pagan customs. | |
| − | 8 Their land is full of idols; | + | |
| − | + | 7. Their land is full of silver and gold; | |
| − | + | ::there is no end to their treasures. | |
| − | 9 So people will be brought low | + | ::Their land is full of horses; |
| − | + | ::there is no end to their chariots. | |
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| − | 10 Go into the rocks, hide in the ground | + | 8. Their land is full of idols; |
| − | + | ::they bow down to the work of their hands, | |
| − | + | ::to what their fingers have made. | |
| − | 11 The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled | + | |
| − | + | 9. So people will be brought low | |
| − | the Lord alone will be exalted in that day. | + | ::and everyone humbled— |
| − | 12 The Lord Almighty has a day in store | + | ::do not forgive them.[a] |
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| − | for all that is exalted | + | 10. Go into the rocks, hide in the ground |
| − | + | ::from the fearful presence of the Lord | |
| − | 13 for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, | + | ::and the splendor of his majesty! |
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| − | 14 for all the towering mountains | + | 11. The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled |
| − | + | ::and human pride brought low; | |
| − | 15 for every lofty tower | + | ::the Lord alone will be exalted in that day. |
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| − | 16 for every trading ship | + | 12. The Lord Almighty has a day in store |
| − | + | ::for all the proud and lofty, | |
| − | 17 The arrogance of man will be brought low | + | ::for all that is exalted |
| − | + | ::(and they will be humbled), | |
| − | the Lord alone will be exalted in that day, | + | |
| − | 18 | + | 13. for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, |
| − | 19 People will flee to caves in the rocks | + | ::and all the oaks of Bashan, |
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| − | from the fearful presence of the Lord | + | 14. for all the towering mountains |
| − | + | ::and all the high hills, | |
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| − | 20 In that day people will throw away | + | 15. for every lofty tower |
| − | + | ::and every fortified wall, | |
| − | their idols of silver and idols of gold, | + | |
| − | + | 16. for every trading ship | |
| − | 21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks | + | ::and every stately vessel. |
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| − | from the fearful presence of the Lord | + | 17. The arrogance of man will be brought low |
| − | + | ::and human pride humbled; | |
| − | + | ::the Lord alone will be exalted in that day, | |
| − | 22 Stop trusting in mere humans, | + | |
| − | + | 18. and the idols will totally disappear. | |
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| + | 19. People 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. | ||
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| + | 20. In that day people will throw away | ||
| + | ::to the moles and bats | ||
| + | ::their idols of silver and idols of gold, | ||
| + | ::which they made to worship. | ||
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| + | 21. They 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. | ||
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| + | 22. Stop trusting in mere humans, | ||
| + | ::who have but a breath in their nostrils. | ||
| + | ::Why hold them in esteem? | ||
