Jesaja 2
Het Boek
Wandelen in het licht van de Here
2 Dit is een andere boodschap van de Here aan Jesaja over Juda en Jeruzalem:
2 In de laatste dagen zullen Jeruzalem en de tempel van de Here een grote aantrekkingskracht op de wereld uitoefenen en mensen uit vele landen zullen daar naar toe trekken om de Here te aanbidden. 3 ‘Kom,’ zullen zij tegen elkaar zeggen, ‘laten wij naar de berg van de Here gaan om de tempel van de God van Israël te bezoeken. Hij zal ons leren hoe wij moeten leven en wij zullen Hem gehoorzamen.’ Want in die tijd zal de Here vanuit Jeruzalem de hele wereld onderwijzen en regeren. 4 Hij zal rechtspreken tussen de volken en machtige, ver weg gelegen naties terechtwijzen. Oorlogstuig zal worden omgebouwd tot landbouwwerktuigen. Geen enkel volk zal nog een ander volk aanvallen, want alle oorlogen zullen verleden tijd zijn, en niemand zal meer worden opgeleid tot soldaat.
5 Och Israël, laten wij wandelen in het licht van de Here en zijn wetten gehoorzamen! 6 De Here heeft u verstoten, omdat u vreemde invloeden uit het oosten binnenhaalt, zoals magie en contact met de boze geesten, zoals dat ook bij de Filistijnen is.
7 Israël heeft grote schatten aan zilver en goud en grote hoeveelheden paarden en wagens. 8 Bovendien wemelt het land van de afgoden. Zij maken zelf hun afgodsbeelden en aanbidden die dan! 9 Groot en klein, alles buigt voor die beelden en God zal hun de zonde niet vergeven.
10 Verberg u in de grotten, verberg u voor de verschrikkelijke majesteit van de Here, 11 want er komt een tijd dat trotse blikken worden neergeslagen en dat trotse mannen zich buigen, in die dagen zal alleen de Here verheven zijn. 12 Die dag zal de Here van de hemelse legers alles wat trots en hoogmoedig is, vernederen. 13 De hoge ceders van de Libanon en de machtige eiken van Basan zullen zich buigen. 14 Alle hoge bergen en heuvels, 15 elke hoge toren en steile muur, 16 alle grote zeeschepen met kostbare lading: alles zal die dag door de Here worden verwoest. 17 Alle menselijke verwaandheid zal moeten buigen en alleen de Here zal verheven zijn. 18 En alle afgoden zullen spoorloos verdwijnen.
19 Als de Here van zijn troon opstaat om de aarde te bestraffen, zullen zijn vijanden een goed heenkomen zoeken in rotsspleten en grotten, uit angst voor zijn indrukwekkende glorie en majesteit. 20 Dan zullen de mensen eindelijk hun gouden en zilveren afgoden afdanken en voor de ratten en de vleermuizen gooien 21 in een overhaaste vlucht naar de rotsholen en bergspleten om te ontkomen aan de verschrikkelijke glorie en majesteit van de Here, wanneer Hij opstaat om de aarde te bestraffen. 22 Stel toch geen vertrouwen in de mens, klein als hij is en afhankelijk van zijn ademhaling. Hij stelt niets voor!
Isaiah 2
American Standard Version
2 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah’s house shall be established [a]on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3 And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, 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 [b]the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem. 4 And he will judge [c]between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and 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 ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah. 6 For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are filled with customs from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners. 7 And their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots. 8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made. 9 And the mean man [d]is bowed down, and the great man [e]is brought low: therefore forgive them not. 10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
12 For [f]there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it 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 lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall, 16 and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant [g]imagery. 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day. 18 And the idols shall utterly pass away. 19 And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the [h]earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth. 20 In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 21 to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth. 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 2:2 Or, at the head
- Isaiah 2:3 Or, instruction
- Isaiah 2:4 Or, among
- Isaiah 2:9 Or, boweth down
- Isaiah 2:9 Or, humbleth himself
- Isaiah 2:12 Or, Jehovah of hosts hath a day
- Isaiah 2:16 Or, watch-towers
- Isaiah 2:19 Hebrew dust.
Isaiah 2
King James Version
2 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
6 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.
7 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:
8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
9 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 ?
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