Isaiah 2:16 - Prayer Tents

Climb God’s Mountain

2The Message Isaiah got regarding Judah and Jerusalem:H1697H3470H1121H531H2372H3063H3389

2There's a day coming when the mountain of GOD's House Will be The Mountain— solid, towering over all mountains. All nations will river toward it, people from all over set out for it.H319H3117H2022H3068H1004H3559H7218H2022H5375H1389H1471H5102

3They'll say, "Come, let's climb GOD's Mountain, go to the House of the God of Jacob. He'll show us the way he works so we can live the way we're made." Zion's the source of the revelation. GOD's Message comes from Jerusalem.H7227H5971H1980H559H3212H5927H2022H3068H1004H430H3290H3384H1870H3212H734H6726H3318H8451H1697H3068H3389

4He'll settle things fairly between nations. He'll make things right between many peoples. They'll turn their swords into shovels, their spears into hoes. No more will nation fight nation; they won't play war anymore.H8199H1471H3198H7227H5971H3807H2719H855H2595H4211H1471H5375H2719H1471H3925H4421

5Come, family of Jacob, let's live in the light of GOD.H1004H3290H3212H3212H216H3068

6GOD, you've walked out on your family Jacob because their world is full of hokey religion, Philistine witchcraft, and pagan hocus-pocus,H5203H5971H1004H3290H4390H6924H6049H6430H5606H3206H5237

7a world rolling in wealth, Stuffed with things, no end to its machines and gadgets,H776H4390H3701H2091H7097H214H776H4390H5483H7097H4818

8And gods—gods of all sorts and sizes. These people make their own gods and worship what they make.H776H4390H457H7812H4639H3027H676H6213

9A degenerate race, facedown in the gutter. Don't bother with them! They're not worth forgiving!H120H7817H376H8213H5375

Pretentious Egos Brought Down to Earth

10Head for the hills, hide in the caves From the terror of GOD, from his dazzling presence.H935H6697H2934H6083H6440H6343H3068H1926H1347

11People with a big head are headed for a fall, pretentious egos brought down a peg. It's GOD alone at front-and-center on the Day we're talking about,H1365H5869H120H8213H7312H582H7817H3068H7682H3117

12The Day that GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies is matched against all big-talking rivals, against all swaggering big names;H3117H3068H6635H1343H7311H5375H8213

13Against all giant sequoias hugely towering, and against the expansive chestnut;H730H3844H7311H5375H437H1316

14Against Kilimanjaro and Annapurna, against the ranges of Alps and Andes;H7311H2022H1389H5375

15Against every soaring skyscraper, against all proud obelisks and statues;H1364H4026H1219H2346

16Against ocean-going luxury liners, against elegant three-masted schooners.H591H8659H2532H7914

17The swelled big heads will be punctured bladders, the pretentious egos brought down to earth, Leaving GOD alone at front-and-center on the Day we're talking about.H1365H120H7817H7312H582H8213H3068H7682H3117

18And all those sticks and stones dressed up to look like gods will be gone for good.H457H3632H2498

19Clamber into caves in the cliffs, duck into any hole you can find. Hide from the terror of GOD, from his dazzling presence, When he assumes his full stature on earth, towering and terrifying.H935H4631H6697H4247H6083H6440H6343H3068H1926H1347H6965H6206H776

20On that Day men and women will take the sticks and stones They've decked out in gold and silver to look like gods and then worshiped, And they will dump them in any ditch or gully,H3117H120H7993H457H3701H457H2091H6213H7812H2661H6512H5847

21Then run for rock caves and cliff hideouts To hide from the terror of GOD, from his dazzling presence, When he assumes his full stature on earth, towering and terrifying.H935H5366H6697H5585H5553H6440H6343H3068H1926H1347H6965H6206H776

22Quit scraping and fawning over mere humans, so full of themselves, so full of hot air! Can't you see there's nothing to them?H2308H120H5397H639H2803