ישעיהו ב

The word that Isaiah son of Amoz prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

In the days to come,
The Mount of GOD’s House
Shall stand firm above the mountains
And tower above the hills;
And all the nations
Shall gaze on it with joy.

And the many peoples shall go and say:
“Come,
Let us go up to the Mount of GOD,
To the House of the God of Jacob;
That we may be instructed in God’s ways,
And that we may walk in God’s paths.”
For instruction shall come forth from Zion,
The word of GOD from Jerusalem.

Thus [God] will judge among the nations
And arbitrate for the many peoples,
And they shall beat their swords into plowshares
And their spears into pruning hooks:
Nation shall not take up
Sword against nation;
They shall never again know war.

O House of Jacob!
Come, let us walk
By the light of GOD.

For you have forsaken [the ways of] your people,
O House of Jacob!
For they are full [of practices] from the East,
And of soothsaying like the Philistines;
They abound in customs of the aliens.

Their land is full of silver and gold,
There is no limit to their treasures;
Their land is full of horses,
There is no limit to their chariots.

And their land is full of idols;
They bow down to the work of their hands,
To what their own fingers have wrought.

But human shall be humbled,
And mortal brought low—
Oh, do not forgive them!

Go deep into the rock,
Bury yourselves in the ground,
Before the terror of GOD
And God’s dread majesty!

The haughty look of humans shall be brought low,
And the pride of mortals shall be humbled.
None but GOD shall be
Exalted in that day.

For GOD of Hosts has ready a day
Against all that is proud and arrogant,
Against all that is lofty—so that it is brought low:

Against all the cedars of Lebanon,
Tall and stately,
And all the oaks of Bashan;

Against all the high mountains
And all the lofty hills;

Against every soaring tower
And every mighty wall;

Against all the ships of Tarshish
And all the gallant barks.

Then human haughtiness shall be humbled
And the pride of mortals brought low.
None but GOD shall be
Exalted in that day.

As for idols, they shall vanish completely.

And people shall enter caverns in the rock
And hollows in the ground—
Before the terror of GOD
And God’s dread majesty,
When [the Holy One] comes forth to overawe the earth.

On that day, humans shall fling away,
To the flying foxes and the bats,
The idols of silver
And the idols of gold
Which they made for worshiping.

And they shall enter the clefts in the rocks
And the crevices in the cliffs,
Before GOD’s terror
And dread majesty,
When [the Holy One] comes forth to overawe the earth.

Oh, cease to glorify human beings,
Who have only a breath in their nostrils!
For by what do they merit esteem?