Isaiah 2

1 The message that Amoz’s son Isaiah received ^{a2:1 Lit. observed} concerning Judah and Jerusalem:ISV — Isaiah 2:1

2 “It will come about in the last days that the mountain that is the LORD’s Temple will be established as the highest of mountains, ^{b2:2 So 4QIsae MT LXX; 1QIsaa lacks of mountains} and will be raised above the hills; all the nations will stream to ^{c2:2 Or will flow over; so 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsae 4QIsaf MT LXX read will travel to; cf. Mic 4:1} it.ISV — Isaiah 2:2

3 Many groups of people ^{d2:3 Lit. Many peoples} will come, commenting, “Come! Let’s go up to ^{e 2:3 So 1QIsaa 4QIsaf; 4QIsae MT read to the LORD’s mountain, to} the Temple of the God of Jacob, that they ^{f2:3 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX, Mic 4:2; 4QIsae MT LXX read he} may teach us his ways. Then let’s walk in his paths.” “Instruction ^{g2:3 Or For the law} will proceed from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.ISV — Isaiah 2:3

4 He will judge between the nations, and will render verdicts ^{h2:4 Or judgment} for the benefit of many. ^{i2:4 Lit. many peoples} “They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nations will not raise swords against nations, and they will not learn warfare anymore.ISV — Isaiah 2:4

5 “You house of Jacob! Come! Let’s live ^{j2:5 Lit. walk} in the LORD’s light.ISV — Isaiah 2:5

6 For you have rejected your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with practices learned ^{k2:6 1QIsaa MT lack with practices learned} from the East and they are fortune-tellers like the Philistines. They cut deals ^{l2:6 Lit. They shake hands} with foreigners. ^{m2:6 Lit. with descendants of foreigners}ISV — Isaiah 2:6

7 Their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots.ISV — Isaiah 2:7

8 Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made.ISV — Isaiah 2:8

9 “So mankind is humbled, each human being is brought low, and ^{n2:9 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab; the Heb. lacks and} you won’t forgive.” ^{o2:9 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab; MT reads forgive them}ISV — Isaiah 2:9

10 ^{p2:10 This v. is missing from 1QIsaa} “Go into the rocks! Hide in the dust to escape ^{q2:10 Lit. from} the terror of the LORD and to escape ^{r2:10 Lit. and from} the glory of his majesty! ^{s2:10 So MT}ISV — Isaiah 2:10

11 The ^{t2:11 Lit. And the} haughty looks of mankind will be brought low, ^{u:11 1QIsaa MT LXX read mankind are low} the lofty pride of human beings will be humbled, and the LORD alone will be exalted at that time. ^{v2:11 Lit. in that day}ISV — Isaiah 2:11

12 “For the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has reserved ^{w2:12 1QIsaa MT LXX lack reserved} a time ^{x 2:12 Lit. day} to oppose ^{y2:12 Lit. against} all who are proud and haughty, and the ^{z2:12 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read oppose all of the} self-exalting— they will be humbled.ISV — Isaiah 2:12

13 He will take his stand ^{aa2:13 DSS MT LXX lack He will take his stand} against all the cedars ^{bb2:13 i.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family Pinaceae; and so throughout the book} of Lebanon, against the proud and self-exalting; and against all the oaks of Bashan;ISV — Isaiah 2:13

14 against all the high mountains, and against all the lofty hills;ISV — Isaiah 2:14

15 against every high tower, and against every fortified wall;ISV — Isaiah 2:15

16 against all the ships from Tarshish, and against all their impressive watercraft.ISV — Isaiah 2:16

17 “Humanity’s haughtiness will be humbled, male arrogance will be brought low, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.ISV — Isaiah 2:17

18 Their ^{cc2:18 DSS MT LXX lack Their} idols will utterly vanish. ^{dd2:18 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads He will abolish the idols}ISV — Isaiah 2:18

19 “They will enter caverns in the rocks and holes in the ground to escape ^{ee2:19 Lit. from} the presence of the terror of the LORD, to escape ^{ff2:19 Lit. from} the splendor of his majesty when he arises to terrify the earth.ISV — Isaiah 2:19

20 At that time, ^{gg2:20 Lit. day} mankind will throw their silver and gold idols ^{hh2:20 Lit. silver idols and gold idols} that their fingers have made ^{ii2:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads that they made for themselves; LXX reads that they made} as objects of worship to the moles and to the bats.ISV — Isaiah 2:20

21 They will enter caverns in the rocks and clefts in the cliffs, to escape ^{jj2:21 Lit. from} the terror of the LORD and to escape ^{kk2:21 Lit. from} the splendor of his majesty, when he arises to terrorize the earth.ISV — Isaiah 2:21

22 “Stop trusting in human beings, whose life breath is in their nostrils, for what are they ^{ll2:22 Lit. what is he} really worth?” ^{mm2:22 LXX lacks this verse}ISV — Isaiah 2:22