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The Lord Will Teach the Nations(A)

This is the message which Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.

In the last days the mountain of Yahweh’s house
    will be established as the highest of the mountains
        and raised above the hills.
            All the nations will stream to it.
Then many people will come and say,
    “Let’s go to the mountain of Yahweh,
        to the house of the Elohim of Jacob.
            He will teach us his ways so that we may live by them.”
    The teachings will go out from Zion.
    The word of Yahweh will go out from Jerusalem.
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.
Come, descendants of Jacob,
    let’s live in the light of Yahweh.

Israel’s Sins

Yahweh, 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.
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.
Their land is filled with idols,
    and they worship what their hands have shaped
        and what their fingers have molded.
People will be brought down. Everyone will be humbled.
    Do not forgive them.
10 Go in among the rocks and hide underground
    because of Yahweh’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 Yahweh alone will be honored.

The Day of the Lord’s Judgment

12 Yahweh Tsebaoth will have his day
    against all who are arrogant and conceited
        and all who are proud of themselves (they will be humbled),
13 against all the towering and mighty cedars of Lebanon
    and all the oaks of Bashan,
14 against all the high mountains
    and all the lofty hills,
15 against every high tower
    and every fortified wall,
16 against all the large ships of Tarshish
    and all the beautiful boats.

17 Then arrogant people will be brought down,
    and high and mighty people will be humbled.
        On that day Yahweh alone will be honored.
18 Then idols will disappear completely.
19 People will go into caves in the rocks
    and into holes in the ground
        because of Yahweh’s terrifying presence
            and the honor of his majesty
                when he rises to terrify the earth.
20 On that day people will throw to the moles and the bats
    the silver and gold idols that they made
        for themselves to worship.
21 They will go into caves in the rocks
    and into cracks in the cliffs
        because of Yahweh’s terrifying presence
            and the honor of his majesty
                when he rises to terrify the earth.

22 Stop trusting people.
    Their life is in their nostrils.
        How can they be worth anything?

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

And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:

Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty.

11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?

The thing that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

And it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, Established is the mount of Jehovah's house, Above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the heights, And flowed unto it have all the nations.

And gone have many peoples and said, `Come, and we go up unto the mount of Jehovah, Unto the house of the God of Jacob, And He doth teach us of His ways, And we walk in His paths, For from Zion goeth forth a law, And a word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

And He hath judged between the nations, And hath given a decision to many peoples, And they have beat their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation doth not lift up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn any more -- war.

O house of Jacob, come, And we walk in the light of Jehovah.'

For Thou hast left Thy people, the house of Jacob. For they have been filled from the east, And [are] sorcerers like the Philistines, And with the children of strangers strike hands.

And its land is full of silver and gold, And there is no end to its treasures, And its land is full of horses, And there is no end to its chariots,

And its land is full of idols, To the work of its hands it boweth itself, To that which its fingers have made,

And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not.

10 Enter into a rock, and be hidden in dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency.

11 The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

12 For a day [is] to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,

13 And for all cedars of Lebanon, The high and the exalted ones, And for all oaks of Bashan,

14 And for all the high mountains, And for all the exalted heights,

15 And for every high tower, And for every fenced wall,

16 And for all ships of Tarshish, And for all desirable pictures.

17 And bowed down hath been the haughtiness of man, And humbled the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

18 And the idols -- they completely pass away.

19 And [men] have entered into caverns of rocks, And into caves of dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth.

20 In that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats,

21 To enter into cavities of the rocks, And into clefts of the high places, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth.

22 Cease for you from man, Whose breath [is] in his nostrils, For -- in what is he esteemed?

Gloire future de Jérusalem

Prophétie d’Esaïe, fils d’Amots, sur Juda et Jérusalem.

Il arrivera, dans la suite des temps,
Que la montagne de la maison de l’Eternel
Sera fondée sur le sommet des montagnes,
Qu’elle s’élèvera par-dessus les collines,
Et que toutes les nations y afflueront.
Des peuples s’y rendront en foule, et diront:
Venez, et montons à la montagne de l’Eternel,
A la maison du Dieu de Jacob,
Afin qu’il nous enseigne ses voies,
Et que nous marchions dans ses sentiers.
Car de Sion sortira la loi,
Et de Jérusalem la parole de l’Eternel.
Il sera le juge des nations,
L’arbitre d’un grand nombre de peuples.
De leurs glaives ils forgeront des hoyaux,
Et de leurs lances des serpes:
Une nation ne tirera plus l’épée contre une autre,
Et l’on n’apprendra plus la guerre.
Maison de Jacob,
Venez, et marchons à la lumière de l’Eternel!

Jugement des idolâtres et des orgueilleux

Car tu as abandonné ton peuple, la maison de Jacob,
Parce qu’ils sont pleins de l’Orient,
Et adonnés à la magie comme les Philistins,
Et parce qu’ils s’allient aux fils des étrangers.
Le pays est rempli d’argent et d’or,
Et il y a des trésors sans fin;
Le pays est rempli de chevaux,
Et il y a des chars sans nombre.
Le pays est rempli d’idoles;
Ils se prosternent devant l’ouvrage de leurs mains,
Devant ce que leurs doigts ont fabriqué.

Les petits seront abattus, et les grands seront abaissés:
Tu ne leur pardonneras point.
10 Entre dans les cavernes des rochers,
Et cache-toi dans la poussière,
Pour éviter la terreur de l’Eternel
Et l’éclat de sa majesté.
11 L’homme au regard hautain sera abaissé,
Et l’orgueilleux sera humilié:
L’Eternel seul sera élevé ce jour-là.
12 Car il y a un jour pour l’Eternel des armées
Contre tout homme orgueilleux et hautain,
Contre quiconque s’élève, afin qu’il soit abaissé;
13 Contre tous les cèdres du Liban, hauts et élevés,
Et contre tous les chênes de Basan;
14 Contre toutes les hautes montagnes,
Et contre toutes les collines élevées;
15 Contre toutes les hautes tours,
Et contre toutes les murailles fortifiées;
16 Contre tous les navires de Tarsis,
Et contre tout ce qui plaît à la vue.
17 L’homme orgueilleux sera humilié,
Et le hautain sera abaissé:
L’Eternel seul sera élevé ce jour-là.
18 Toutes les idoles disparaîtront.
19 On entrera dans les cavernes des rochers
Et dans les profondeurs de la poussière,
Pour éviter la terreur de l’Eternel et l’éclat de sa majesté,
Quand il se lèvera pour effrayer la terre.
20 En ce jour, les hommes jetteront
Leurs idoles d’argent et leurs idoles d’or,
Qu’ils s’étaient faites pour les adorer,
Aux rats et aux chauves-souris;
21 Et ils entreront dans les fentes des rochers
Et dans les creux des pierres,
Pour éviter la terreur de l’Eternel et l’éclat de sa majesté,
Quand il se lèvera pour effrayer la terre.
22 Cessez de vous confier en l’homme,
Dans les narines duquel il n’y a qu’un souffle:
Car de quelle valeur est-il?