Dual Panel1Here is the message <01697> about <05921> Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389> that <0834> was revealed <02372> to Isaiah <03470> son <01121> of Amoz <0531>.
2In the future <03117> <0319> the mountain <02022> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> will <01961> endure <03559> as the most important <07218> of mountains <02022>, and will be the most prominent <05375> of hills <01389>. All <03605> the nations <01471> will stream <05102> to <0413> it,
3many <07227> peoples <05971> will come <01980> and say <0559>, “Come <01980>, let us go up <05927> to <0413> the Lord’s <03069> mountain <02022>, to <0413> the temple <01004> of the God <0430> of Jacob <03290>, so he can teach <03384> us his requirements <01870>, and we can follow <01980> his standards <0734>.” For <03588> Zion <06726> will be the center for moral instruction <08451>; the Lord <03069> will issue <03318> edicts <01697> from Jerusalem <03389>.
4He will judge <08199> disputes between <0996> nations <01471>; he will settle <03198> cases for many <07227> peoples <05971>. They will beat <03807> their swords <02719> into plowshares <0855>, and their spears <02595> into pruning hooks <04211>. Nations <01471> will not <03808> take up <05375> the sword <02719> against <0413> other nations <01471>, and they will no <03808> longer <05750> train <03925> for war <04421>.
5O descendants <01004> of Jacob <03290>, come <01980>, let us walk <01980> in the Lord’s <03068> guiding light <0216>.
6Indeed <03588>, O Lord, you have abandoned <05203> your people <05971>, the descendants <01004> of Jacob <03290>. For <03588> diviners from the east <06924> are everywhere; they consult omen readers <06049> like the Philistines <03206> <06430> do. Plenty of foreigners <05237> are around <05606>.
7Their land <0776> is full <04390> of gold <02091> and silver <03701>; there is no <0369> end <07097> to their wealth <0214>. Their land <0776> is full <04390> of horses <05483>; there is no <0369> end <07097> to their chariots <04818>.
8Their land <0776> is full <04390> of worthless idols <0457>; they worship <07812> the product <04639> of their own hands <03027>, what <0834> their own fingers <0676> have fashioned <06213>.
9Men <0120> bow down <07817> to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship <0376> <08213>. Don’t <0408> spare <05375> them!
10Go up <0935> into the rocky cliffs <06697>, hide <02934> in the ground <06083>. Get away from <06440> the dreadful judgment <06343> of the Lord <03068>, from his royal <01347> splendor <01926>!
11Proud <01365> <05869> men <0120> will be brought low <08213>, arrogant <07312> men <0376> will be humiliated <07817>; the Lord <03068> alone <0905> will be exalted <07682> in that day <03117>.
12Indeed <03588>, the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635> has planned a day <03117> of judgment, for <05921> all <03605> the high <01343> and mighty <07311>, for <05921> all <03605> who are proud <05375>– they will be humiliated <08213>;
13for <05921> all <03605> the cedars <0730> of Lebanon <03844>, that are so high <07311> and mighty <05375>, for <05921> all <03605> the oaks <0437> of Bashan <01316>;
14for <05921> all <03605> the tall <07311> mountains <02022>, for <05921> all <03605> the high <05375> hills <01389>,
15for <05921> every <03605> high <01364> tower <04026>, for <05921> every <03605> fortified <01219> wall <02346>,
16for <05921> all <03605> the large ships <08659>, ships <0591>, for <05921> all <03605> the impressive <02532> ships <07914>.
17Proud <01365> men <0120> will be humiliated <07817>, arrogant <07312> men <0376> will be brought low <08213>; the Lord <03068> alone <0905> will be exalted <07682> in that day <03117>.
18The worthless idols <0457> will be completely <03632> eliminated <02498>.
19They will go <0935> into caves <04631> in the rocky <06697> cliffs and into holes <04247> in the ground <06083>, trying to escape the dreadful judgment <06343> of the Lord <03068> and his royal <01347> splendor <01926>, when he rises up <06965> to terrify <06206> the earth <0776>.
20At that <01931> time <03117> men <0120> will throw <07993> their silver <03701> and gold <02091> idols <0457>, which <0834> they made <06213> for themselves to worship <07812>, into the caves where rodents <02661> and bats <05847> live,
21so they themselves can go into <0935> the crevices <05366> of the rocky <06697> cliffs <05585> and the openings under the rocky <05553> overhangs, trying to escape <06440> the dreadful judgment <06343> of the Lord <03068> and his royal <01347> splendor <01926>, when he rises up <06965> to terrify <06206> the earth <0776>.
22Stop trusting <02308> in <04480> human beings <0120>, whose <0834> life’s breath <05397> is in their nostrils <0639>. For <03588> why <04100> should they <01931> be given special consideration <02803>?