Isaiah 2:3-11

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³     Many peoples shall come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
    to the house of the God of Jacob;
that he may teach us his ways
    and that we may walk in his paths.”
For out of Zion shall go forth instruction,
    and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
⁴ He shall judge between the nations,
    and shall arbitrate for many peoples;
they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
    and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
    neither shall they learn war any more.

⁵ O house of Jacob,
    come, let us walk
    in the light of the Lord!
⁶ For you have forsaken the ways of^[a] your people,
    O house of Jacob.
Indeed they are full of diviners^[b] from the east
    and of soothsayers like the Philistines,
    and they clasp hands 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;
    they bow down to the work of their hands,
    to what their own fingers have made.
⁹ And so people are humbled,
    and everyone is brought low—
    do not forgive them!
¹⁰ Enter into the rock,
    and hide in the dust
from the terror of the Lord,
    and from the glory of his majesty.
¹¹ The haughty eyes of people shall be brought low,
    and the pride of everyone shall be humbled;
and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.