主必统治万邦

亚摩斯的儿子以赛亚看到以下有关犹大和耶路撒冷的异象。

在末后的日子,耶和华殿所在的山必耸立,
高过群山,超过万岭,
万族都要涌向它。
众民都必来,说:
“来吧!让我们登耶和华的山,
去雅各之上帝的殿。
祂必将祂的路指示给我们,
使我们走祂的道。”
因为训诲必出于锡安,
耶和华的话语必来自耶路撒冷。
祂必在各国施行审判,
为列邦平息纷争。
他们必将刀剑打成犁头,
把矛枪制成镰刀。
国与国不再刀兵相见,
人们不用再学习战事。
雅各家啊,来吧!
让我们走在耶和华的光中。

耶和华审判的日子

耶和华啊,你离弃了你的子民——雅各的后裔,
因为他们当中充满了东方的恶俗,
像非利士人一样占卜,
跟外族人同流合污。
他们境内金银遍地,
财宝无穷;
他们境内马匹充裕,
战车无数。
他们境内偶像林立,
他们跪拜自己用手所造的物品,
跪拜自己用指头所造之物。
他们必遭羞辱和贬抑。
耶和华啊,
求你不要赦免他们。
10 要躲进岩穴,藏入地洞,
逃避耶和华的愤怒和威荣!
11 到那日,狂妄的人将被挫败,
骄傲的人将遭贬抑;
唯独耶和华将受尊崇。
12 因为万军之耶和华已定了日子,
要惩罚一切骄傲狂妄和自高自大的人,
使他们沦为卑贱;
13 祂必毁灭黎巴嫩高大的香柏树和巴珊的橡树,
14 毁灭一切崇山峻岭,
15 毁灭高耸的城楼和坚固的城墙,
16 毁灭他施的商船和一切华美的船只。
17 到那日,狂妄的人必被挫败,
骄傲的人必遭贬抑,
唯独耶和华受尊崇。
18 偶像必被彻底铲除。
19 耶和华使大地震动的时候,
众人躲进岩穴,藏入地洞,
逃避祂的愤怒和威荣。
20 到那日,众人必把造来敬拜的金银偶像丢给田鼠和蝙蝠。
21 耶和华使大地震动的时候,
众人必躲进山洞和岩缝,
逃避祂的愤怒和威荣。
22 不要再倚靠世人,
他们的生命不过是一口气,
他们有什么值得称道的呢?

末日万民必归耶和华殿之山

亚摩斯的儿子以赛亚得默示,论到犹大耶路撒冷

末后的日子,耶和华殿的山必坚立超乎诸山,高举过于万岭,万民都要流归这山。 必有许多国的民前往,说:“来吧!我们登耶和华的山,奔雅各神的殿。主必将他的道教训我们,我们也要行他的路,因为训诲必出于锡安,耶和华的言语必出于耶路撒冷。” 他必在列国中施行审判,为许多国民断定是非。他们要将刀打成犁头,把枪打成镰刀。这国不举刀攻击那国,他们也不再学习战事。

雅各家啊,来吧,我们在耶和华的光明中行走! 耶和华,你离弃了你百姓雅各家,是因他们充满了东方的风俗,做观兆的,像非利士人一样,并与外邦人击掌。 他们的国满了金银,财宝也无穷;他们的地满了马匹,车辆也无数。 他们的地满了偶像,他们跪拜自己手所造的,就是自己指头所做的。 卑贱人屈膝,尊贵人下跪,所以不可饶恕他们。 10 你当进入岩穴,藏在土中,躲避耶和华的惊吓和他威严的荣光。 11 到那日,眼目高傲的必降为卑,性情狂傲的都必屈膝,唯独耶和华被尊崇。

耶和华独见崇高

12 必有万军耶和华降罚的一个日子,要临到骄傲狂妄的,一切自高的都必降为卑; 13 又临到黎巴嫩高大的香柏树和巴珊的橡树; 14 又临到一切高山的峻岭; 15 又临到高台和坚固城墙; 16 又临到他施的船只,并一切可爱的美物。 17 骄傲的必屈膝,狂妄的必降卑,在那日,唯独耶和华被尊崇。

偶像全被废弃

18 偶像必全然废弃。 19 耶和华兴起使地大震动的时候,人就进入石洞,进入土穴,躲避耶和华的惊吓和他威严的荣光。 20 到那日,人必将为拜而造的金偶像、银偶像抛给田鼠和蝙蝠。 21 到耶和华兴起使地大震动的时候,人好进入磐石洞中和岩石穴里,躲避耶和华的惊吓和他威严的荣光。 22 你们休要倚靠世人,他鼻孔里不过有气息,他在一切事上可算什么呢?

The Mountain of the Lord(A)

This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:(B)

In the last days(C)

the mountain(D) of the Lord’s temple will be established
    as the highest of the mountains;(E)
it will be exalted(F) above the hills,
    and all nations will stream to it.(G)

Many peoples(H) will come and say,

“Come, let us go(I) up to the mountain(J) of the Lord,
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(K) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.(L)
He will judge(M) between the nations
    and will settle disputes(N) for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.(O)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,(P)
    nor will they train for war anymore.

Come, descendants of Jacob,(Q)
    let us walk in the light(R) of the Lord.

The Day of the Lord

You, Lord, have abandoned(S) your people,
    the descendants of Jacob.(T)
They are full of superstitions from the East;
    they practice divination(U) like the Philistines(V)
    and embrace(W) pagan customs.(X)
Their land is full of silver and gold;(Y)
    there is no end to their treasures.(Z)
Their land is full of horses;(AA)
    there is no end to their chariots.(AB)
Their land is full of idols;(AC)
    they bow down(AD) to the work of their hands,(AE)
    to what their fingers(AF) have made.
So people will be brought low(AG)
    and everyone humbled(AH)
    do not forgive them.[a](AI)

10 Go into the rocks, hide(AJ) in the ground
    from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty!(AK)
11 The eyes of the arrogant(AL) will be humbled(AM)
    and human pride(AN) brought low;(AO)
the Lord alone will be exalted(AP) in that day.(AQ)

12 The Lord Almighty has a day(AR) in store
    for all the proud(AS) and lofty,(AT)
for all that is exalted(AU)
    (and they will be humbled),(AV)
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,(AW) tall and lofty,(AX)
    and all the oaks of Bashan,(AY)
14 for all the towering mountains
    and all the high hills,(AZ)
15 for every lofty tower(BA)
    and every fortified wall,(BB)
16 for every trading ship[b](BC)
    and every stately vessel.
17 The arrogance of man will be brought low(BD)
    and human pride humbled;(BE)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,(BF)
18     and the idols(BG) will totally disappear.(BH)

19 People will flee to caves(BI) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground(BJ)
from the fearful presence(BK) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(BL)
    when he rises to shake the earth.(BM)
20 In that day(BN) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats(BO)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,(BP)
    which they made to worship.(BQ)
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks(BR)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(BS)
    when he rises(BT) to shake the earth.(BU)

22 Stop trusting in mere humans,(BV)
    who have but a breath(BW) in their nostrils.
    Why hold them in esteem?(BX)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:9 Or not raise them up
  2. Isaiah 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish

God’s Message to Judah and Jerusalem

Isaiah son of Amoz received this message about Judah and Jerusalem.

In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s Temple
    will be the highest of all mountains.
It will be raised higher than the hills.
    There will be a steady stream of people from all nations going there.
People from many places will go there and say,
    “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord,
    to the Temple of the God of Jacob.
Then God will teach us his way of living,
    and we will follow him.”

His teaching, the Lord’s message, will begin in Jerusalem on Mount Zion
    and will go out to all the world.
Then God will act as judge to end arguments between nations.
    He will decide what is right for people from many lands.
They will stop using their weapons for war.
    They will hammer their swords into plows
    and use their spears to make tools for harvesting.
All fighting between nations will end.
    They will never again train for war.

Family of Jacob, let us follow the Lord.

Family of Jacob, you have abandoned your people. This is clear because they have been filled with bad influences from the East,[a] and now your people try to tell the future like the Philistines. They have completely accepted those strange ideas. Jacob’s land has been filled with silver and gold from other places. There are many treasures there. His land has been filled with horses and many chariots. His land is full of gods that the people bow down to worship. They made those idols themselves. The people have become worse and worse. They have become very low, and you leaders did nothing to lift them up![b]

10 You should be afraid of the Lord! Go hide in the dirt and behind the rocks. Hide from his glorious power!

11 Proud people will stop being proud. They will bow down to the ground with shame, and only the Lord will still stand high.

12 The Lord All-Powerful has a special day planned when he will punish the proud and boastful people. They will be brought down. 13 They might be like the tall cedar trees from Lebanon or the great oak trees from Bashan, but they will be cut down. 14 They might be like the tall mountains and high hills 15 or like the tall towers and high walls, but they will be brought down. 16 They might be like great ships from Tarshish,[c] filled with such wonderful cargo, but they will be brought down.

17 At that time those proud people will fall. They will bow low to the ground, and only the Lord will stand high. 18 All the idols will be gone. 19 People will go into the holes in the ground and the cracks in the rocks because they fear the Lord and his great power as he stands to shake the earth.

20 At that time people will throw away their idols they made from gold and silver. They made these statues to worship, but they will throw them into holes in the ground where bats and moles live. 21 They will go down into cracks in the rocks and boulders because they are afraid of the Lord and his glorious power as he stands to shake the earth.

22 Stop trusting other people to save you. Do not think too highly of them; they are only humans who have not stopped breathing yet.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:6 East This usually refers to the area around Babylon.
  2. Isaiah 2:9 They … up Or “The people have become very low. Surely you will not forgive them!”
  3. Isaiah 2:16 ships from Tarshish This is probably a special type of cargo ship.