Isaiah 2-3
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The City of Peace
2 The vision that Isaiah(A) son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
2 In(B) the last days(C)
the mountain of the Lord’s house(D) will be established
at the top of the mountains
and will be raised above the hills.
All nations will stream to it,(E)
3 and many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob.(F)
He will teach us about His ways
so that we may walk in His paths.”
For instruction will go out of Zion
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 He will settle disputes among the nations
and provide arbitration for many peoples.
They will turn their swords into plows
and their spears into pruning knives.(G)
Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,
and they will never again train for war.(H)
The Day of the Lord
5 House of Jacob,
come and let us walk in the Lord’s light.(I)
6 For You have abandoned(J) Your people,
the house of Jacob,
because they are full of divination from the East
and of fortune-tellers(K) like the Philistines.(L)
They are in league[a] with foreigners.
7 Their[b][c] land is full of silver and gold,
and there is no limit to their treasures;
their land is full of horses,
and there is no limit to their chariots.(M)
8 Their land is full of idols;(N)
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their fingers have made.(O)
9 So humanity is brought low,
and man is humbled.
Do not forgive them!(P)
10 Go into the rocks(Q)
and hide in the dust
from the terror of the Lord(R)
and from His majestic splendor.(S)
11 Human pride[d] will be humbled,(T)
and the loftiness of men will be brought low;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
12 For a day belonging to the Lord of Hosts is coming
against all that is proud and lofty,(U)
against all that is lifted up—it will be humbled—
13 against all the cedars of Lebanon,(V)
lofty and lifted up,
against all the oaks of Bashan,(W)
14 against all the high mountains,(X)
against all the lofty hills,
15 against every high tower,(Y)
against every fortified wall,
16 against every ship of Tarshish,(Z)
and against every splendid sea vessel.
17 So human pride will be brought low,
and the loftiness of men will be humbled;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.(AA)
18 The idols will vanish completely.
19 People will go into caves in the rocks(AB)
and holes in the ground,
away from the terror of the Lord
and from His majestic splendor,
when He rises to terrify the earth.(AC)
20 On that day people will throw
their silver and gold idols,(AD)
which they made to worship,
to the moles and the bats.
21 They will go into the caves of the rocks
and the crevices in the cliffs,
away from the terror of the Lord
and from His majestic splendor,(AE)
when He rises to terrify the earth.
22 Put no more trust in man,
who has only the breath in his nostrils.(AF)
What is he really worth?
Judah’s Leaders Judged
3 Observe this: The Lord God of Hosts
is about to remove from Jerusalem and from Judah
every kind of security:
the entire supply of bread and water,
2 the hero and warrior,(AG)
the judge and prophet,
the fortune-teller and elder,
3 the commander of 50 and the dignitary,
the counselor, cunning magician,[e] and necromancer.[f]
4 “I will make youths their leaders,(AH)
and the unstable[g] will govern them.”
5 The people will oppress one another,(AI)
man against man, neighbor against neighbor;
the youth will act arrogantly toward the elder,
and the worthless toward the honorable.
6 A man will even seize his brother
in his father’s house, saying:
“You have a cloak—you be our leader!
This heap of rubble will be under your control.”
7 On that day he will cry out, saying:
“I’m not a healer.
I don’t even have food or clothing in my house.
Don’t make me the leader of the people!”
8 For Jerusalem has stumbled
and Judah has fallen
because they have spoken and acted against the Lord,(AJ)
defying His glorious presence.(AK)
9 The look on their faces testifies against them,
and like Sodom,(AL) they flaunt their sin.
They do not conceal it.
Woe to them,
for they have brought evil on themselves.(AM)
10 Tell the righteous that it will go well for them,
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.
11 Woe to the wicked—it will go badly for them,
for what they have done will be done to them.
12 Youths oppress My people,(AN)
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders mislead you;
they confuse the direction of your paths.(AO)
13 The Lord rises to argue the case
and stands to judge the people.(AP)
14 The Lord brings this charge
against the elders and leaders of His people:(AQ)
“You have devastated the vineyard.
The plunder from the poor is in your houses.(AR)
15 Why do you crush My people
and grind the faces of the poor?”
This is the declaration
of the Lord God of Hosts.
Jerusalem’s Women Judged
16 The Lord also says:
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,(AS)
walking with heads held high
and seductive eyes,
going along with prancing steps,
jingling their ankle bracelets,
17 the Lord will put scabs on the heads
of the daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will shave their foreheads bare.
18 On that day(AT) the Lord will strip their finery: ankle bracelets, headbands, crescents,(AU) 19 pendants, bracelets, veils, 20 headdresses, ankle jewelry, sashes, perfume bottles, amulets,(AV) 21 signet rings, nose rings,(AW) 22 festive robes, capes, cloaks, purses, 23 garments, linen clothes, turbans, and veils.
24 Instead of perfume there will be a stench;
instead of a belt, a rope;
instead of beautifully styled hair,(AX) baldness;(AY)
instead of fine clothes, sackcloth;(AZ)
instead of beauty, branding.[h]
25 Your men will fall by the sword,
your warriors in battle.
26 Then her gates(BA) will lament and mourn;
deserted, she will sit on the ground.(BB)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 2:6 Or They teem, or They partner; Hb obscure
- Isaiah 2:7 Lit Its
- Isaiah 2:7 = the house of Jacob
- Isaiah 2:11 Lit Mankind’s proud eyes
- Isaiah 3:3 Or skilled craftsman
- Isaiah 3:3 Or medium
- Isaiah 3:4 Or mischief-makers
- Isaiah 3:24 DSS read shame
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