Isaiah 2

Everlasting Peace

2Here is the message which God gave to Isaiah son of Amoz about Judah and Jerusalem:H1697H3470H1121H531H2372H3063H33892In days to come the mountain where the Temple stands will be the highest one of all, towering above all the hills. Many nations will come streaming to it,H319H3117H2022H3068H1004H3559H7218H2022H5375H1389H1471H51023and their people will say, "Let us go up the hill of the LORD, to the Temple of Israel's God. He will teach us what he wants us to do; we will walk in the paths he has chosen. For the LORD's teaching comes from Jerusalem; from Zion he speaks to his people."H7227H5971H1980H559H3212H5927H2022H3068H1004H430H3290H3384H1870H3212H734H6726H3318H8451H1697H3068H33894He will settle disputes among great nations. They will hammer their swords into plows and their spears into pruning knives. Nations will never again go to war, never prepare for battle again.H8199H1471H3198H7227H5971H3807H2719H855H2595H4211H1471H5375H2719H1471H3925H44215Now, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light which the LORD gives us!H1004H3290H3212H3212H216H3068

Arrogance Will Be Destroyed

6O God, you have forsaken your people, the descendants of Jacob! The land is full of magic practices from the East and from Philistia. The people follow foreign customs.H5203H5971H1004H3290H4390H6924H6049H6430H5606H3206H52377Their land is full of silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures. Their land is full of horses, and there is no end to their chariots.H776H4390H3701H2091H7097H214H776H4390H5483H7097H48188Their land is full of idols, and they worship objects that they have made with their own hands.H776H4390H457H7812H4639H3027H676H62139Everyone will be humiliated and disgraced. Do not forgive them, LORD!H120H7817H376H8213H537510They will hide in caves in the rocky hills or dig holes in the ground to try to escape from the LORD's anger and to hide from his power and glory!H935H6697H2934H6083H6440H6343H3068H1926H134711A day is coming when human pride will be ended and human arrogance destroyed. Then the LORD alone will be exalted.H1365H5869H120H8213H7312H582H7817H3068H7682H311712On that day the LORD Almighty will humble everyone who is powerful, everyone who is proud and conceited.H3117H3068H6635H1343H7311H5375H821313He will destroy the tall cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks in the land of Bashan.H730H3844H7311H5375H437H131614He will level the high mountains and hills,H7311H2022H1389H537515every high tower, and the walls of every fortress.H1364H4026H1219H234616He will sink even the largest and most beautiful ships.H591H8659H2532H791417Human pride will be ended, and human arrogance will be destroyed.H1365H120H7817H7312H582H8213H3068H7682H311718Idols will completely disappear, and the LORD alone will be exalted on that day.H457H3632H249819People will hide in caves in the rocky hills or dig holes in the ground to try to escape from the LORD's anger and to hide from his power and glory, when he comes to shake the earth.H935H4631H6697H4247H6083H6440H6343H3068H1926H1347H6965H6206H77620When that day comes, they will throw away the gold and silver idols they have made, and abandon them to the moles and the bats.H3117H120H7993H457H3701H457H2091H6213H7812H2661H6512H584721When the LORD comes to shake the earth, people will hide in holes and caves in the rocky hills to try to escape from his anger and to hide from his power and glory.H935H5366H6697H5585H5553H6440H6343H3068H1926H1347H6965H6206H77622Put no more confidence in mortals. What are they worth?H2308H120H5397H639H2803