1   This is the word which Isaiah son of Amoz received in a vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

     2    ^note In days to come
  the mountain of the Lord's house
  shall be set over all other mountains,
    lifted high above the hills.
  All the nations shall come streaming to it,

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3   and many peoples shall come and say,
‘Come, let us climb up on to the mountain of the Lord,
    to the house of the God of Jacob,
    that he may teach us his ways
    and we may walk in his paths.’
  For instruction issues from Zion,
    and out of Jerusalem comes the word of the Lord;
     4   he will be judge between nations,
  arbiter among many peoples.
  They shall beat their swords into mattocks
    and their spears into pruning-knives; ^note
nation shall not lift sword against nation
  nor ever again be trained for war.


     5   O people of Jacob, come,
  let us walk in the light of the Lord.
6   Thou hast abandoned thy people the house of Jacob;
  for they are crowded with traders ^note
  and barbarians like the Philistines,
  and with the children of foreigners everywhere.
7   Their land is filled with silver and gold,
    and there is no end to their treasure;
  their land is filled with horses,
    and there is no end to their chariots;
   8   their land is filled with idols,
  and they bow down to the work of their own hands,
  to what their fingers have made.
   9   Mankind shall be brought low,
  all men shall be humbled;
  and how can they raise themselves? ^note
10   Get you into the rocks and hide yourselves in the ground
from the dread of the Lord and the splendour of his majesty.
   11   Man's proud eyes shall be humbled,
    the loftiness of men brought low,
  and the Lord alone shall be exalted
    on that day.


   12   For the Lord of Hosts has a day of doom waiting
    for all that is proud and lofty,
    for all that is high ^note and lifted up,
13   for all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and high,
  and for all the oaks of Bashan,

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14   for all lofty mountains and for all high hills,
15   for every high tower and for every sheer wall,
16   for all ships of Tarshish and all the dhows of Arabia. ^note
     17   Then man's pride shall be brought low,
    and the loftiness of man shall be humbled,
  and the Lord alone shall be exalted
    on that day,
   18   while the idols shall pass away utterly.
   19   Get you into caves in the rocks
    and crevices in the ground
from the dread of the Lord and the splendour of his majesty,
  when he rises to inspire the earth with fear.
20   On that day a man shall fling away
his idols of silver and his idols of gold
  which he has made for himself to worship;
he shall fling them to the dung-beetles and the bats,
21   and creep into clefts in the rocks and crannies in the cliffs
from the dread of the Lord and the splendour of his majesty,
  when he rises to inspire the earth with fear.
22   Have no more to do with man, for what is he worth?
  He is no more than the breath in his nostrils.

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