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Isaiah 2
New International Version

### The Mountain of the Lord(A)

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

2 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)

3 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)
4 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.

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

### The Day of the Lord

6 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)
7 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)
8 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.
9 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

#### Cross references

1. Isaiah 2:1 : 2:1-4pp — Mic 4:1-3
2. Isaiah 2:1 : Isa 1:1
3. Isaiah 2:2 : Ac 2:17; Heb 1:2
4. Isaiah 2:2 : Isa 11:9; 24:23; 25:6, 10; 27:13; 56:7; 57:13; 65:25; 66:20; Jer 31:23; Da 11:45; Joel 3:17; Mic 4:7
5. Isaiah 2:2 : Isa 65:9
6. Isaiah 2:2 : Zec 14:10
7. Isaiah 2:2 : S Ps 102:15; Jer 16:19
8. Isaiah 2:3 : Isa 45:23; 49:1; 60:3-6, 14; 66:18; Jer 3:17; Joel 3:2; Zep 3:8; Zec 14:2
9. Isaiah 2:3 : Isa 45:14; 49:12, 23; 55:5
10. Isaiah 2:3 : S Dt 33:19; S Ps 137:5
11. Isaiah 2:3 : S Isa 1:10; 33:22; 51:4, 7
12. Isaiah 2:3 : Lk 24:47; S Jn 4:22
13. Isaiah 2:4 : Ps 7:6; S 9:19; 96:13; 98:9; Isa 1:27; 3:13; 9:7; 42:4; 51:4; Joel 3:14
14. Isaiah 2:4 : S Ge 49:10
15. Isaiah 2:4 : Joel 3:10
16. Isaiah 2:4 : Ps 46:9; Isa 9:5; 11:6-9; 32:18; 57:19; 65:25; Jer 30:10; Da 11:45; Hos 2:18; Mic 4:3; Zec 9:10
17. Isaiah 2:5 : Isa 58:1
18. Isaiah 2:5 : Isa 60:1, 19-20; 1Jn 1:5, 7
19. Isaiah 2:6 : S Dt 31:17
20. Isaiah 2:6 : Jer 12:7
21. Isaiah 2:6 : S Dt 18:10; S Isa 44:25
22. Isaiah 2:6 : S 2Ki 1:2; S 2Ch 26:6
23. Isaiah 2:6 : Pr 6:1
24. Isaiah 2:6 : S 2Ki 16:7; Mic 5:12
25. Isaiah 2:7 : S Dt 17:17
26. Isaiah 2:7 : S Ps 17:14
27. Isaiah 2:7 : S Dt 17:16
28. Isaiah 2:7 : S Ge 41:43; Isa 31:1; Mic 5:10
29. Isaiah 2:8 : Isa 10:9-11; Rev 9:20
30. Isaiah 2:8 : Isa 44:17
31. Isaiah 2:8 : S 2Ch 32:19; S Ps 135:15; Mic 5:13
32. Isaiah 2:8 : Isa 17:8
33. Isaiah 2:9 : Ps 62:9
34. Isaiah 2:9 : ver 11, 17; Isa 5:15; 13:11
35. Isaiah 2:9 : S Ne 4:5
36. Isaiah 2:10 : ver 19; Na 3:11
37. Isaiah 2:10 : S Ps 145:12; 2Th 1:9; Rev 6:15-16
38. Isaiah 2:11 : S Ne 9:29; Hab 2:5
39. Isaiah 2:11 : S ver 9
40. Isaiah 2:11 : Isa 5:15; 10:12; 37:23; Eze 31:10
41. Isaiah 2:11 : S Job 40:11
42. Isaiah 2:11 : S Ps 46:10
43. Isaiah 2:11 : ver 17, 20; Isa 3:7, 18; 4:1, 2; 5:30; 7:18; 17:4, 7; 24:21; 25:9; 26:1; 27:1
44. Isaiah 2:12 : Isa 13:6, 9; 22:5, 8, 12; 34:8; 61:2; Jer 30:7; La 1:12; Eze 7:7; 30:3; Joel 1:15; 2:11; Am 5:18; Zep 1:14
45. Isaiah 2:12 : S Ps 59:12
46. Isaiah 2:12 : S 2Sa 22:28
47. Isaiah 2:12 : Ps 76:12; Isa 24:4, 21; 60:11; Mal 4:1
48. Isaiah 2:12 : S Job 40:11
49. Isaiah 2:13 : S Jdg 9:15; Isa 10:34; 29:17; Eze 27:5
50. Isaiah 2:13 : Isa 10:33
51. Isaiah 2:13 : S Ps 22:12; Zec 11:2
52. Isaiah 2:14 : Isa 30:25; 40:4
53. Isaiah 2:15 : Isa 30:25; 32:14; 33:18
54. Isaiah 2:15 : Isa 25:2, 12; Zep 1:16
55. Isaiah 2:16 : fn S Ge 10:4; S 1Ki 9:26
56. Isaiah 2:17 : S 2Sa 22:28; S Job 40:11
57. Isaiah 2:17 : S ver 9
58. Isaiah 2:17 : S ver 11
59. Isaiah 2:18 : S 1Sa 5:2; Eze 36:25
60. Isaiah 2:18 : S Dt 9:21; Isa 21:9; Jer 10:11; Mic 5:13
61. Isaiah 2:19 : S Jdg 6:2; Isa 7:19
62. Isaiah 2:19 : S Jdg 6:2; S Job 30:6; Lk 23:30; Rev 6:15
63. Isaiah 2:19 : S Dt 2:25
64. Isaiah 2:19 : S Ps 145:12
65. Isaiah 2:19 : ver 21; S Job 9:6; S Isa 14:16; Heb 12:26
66. Isaiah 2:20 : S ver 11
67. Isaiah 2:20 : Lev 11:19
68. Isaiah 2:20 : S Job 22:24; Eze 36:25; Rev 9:20
69. Isaiah 2:20 : Eze 7:19-20; 14:6
70. Isaiah 2:21 : S Ex 33:22
71. Isaiah 2:21 : S Ps 145:12
72. Isaiah 2:21 : Isa 33:10
73. Isaiah 2:21 : S ver 19
74. Isaiah 2:22 : Ps 118:6, 8; 146:3; Isa 51:12; Jer 17:5
75. Isaiah 2:22 : S Ge 2:7; S Ps 144:4
76. Isaiah 2:22 : S Job 12:19; Ps 8:4; 18:42; 144:3; Isa 17:13; 29:5; 40:15; S Jas 4:14

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