Isaiah 2:1-11

GOD’S WORD Translation

² In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s house
will be established as the highest of the mountains
and raised above the hills.
All the nations will stream to it.
³ Then many people will come and say,
“Let’s go to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways so that we may live by them.”
The teachings will go out from Zion.
The Lord’s word will go out from Jerusalem.
⁴ Then he will judge disputes between nations
and settle arguments between many people.
They will hammer their swords into plowblades
and their spears into pruning shears.
Nations will never fight against each other,
and they will never train for war again.
⁵ Come, descendants of Jacob,
let’s live in the light of the Lord.

⁶ Lord, you have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob,
because they are filled with Eastern influences.
They are fortunetellers like the Philistines,
and they make deals with foreigners.
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.
⁸ Their land is filled with idols,
and they worship what their hands have shaped
and what their fingers have molded.
⁹ People will be brought down. Everyone will be humbled.
Do not forgive them.
¹⁰ Go in among the rocks and hide underground
because of the Lord’s terrifying presence
and the honor of his majesty.
¹¹ The eyes of arrogant people will be humbled.
High and mighty people will be brought down.
On that day the Lord alone will be honored.