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# Chapter 2
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1 This is a vision that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
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2 In the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s house
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will be the highest of all—
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the most important place on earth.
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It will be raised above the other hills,
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and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.
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3 People from many nations will come and say,
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“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
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to the house of Jacob’s God.
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There he will teach us his ways,
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and we will walk in his paths.”
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For the Lord’s teaching will go out from Zion;
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his word will go out from Jerusalem.
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4 The Lord will mediate between nations
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and will settle international disputes.
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They will hammer their swords into plowshares
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and their spears into pruning hooks.
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Nation will no longer fight against nation,
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nor train for war anymore.
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5 Come, descendants of Jacob,
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let us walk in the light of the Lord!
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6 For the Lord has rejected his people,
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the descendants of Jacob,
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because they have filled their land with practices from the East
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and with sorcerers, as the Philistines do.
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They have made alliances with pagans.
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7 Israel is full of silver and gold;
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there is no end to its treasures.
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Their land is full of warhorses;
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there is no end to its chariots.
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8 Their land is full of idols;
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the people worship things they have made
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with their own hands.
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9 So now they will be humbled,
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and all will be brought low—
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do not forgive them.
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10 Crawl into caves in the rocks.
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Hide in the dust
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from the terror of the Lord
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and the glory of his majesty.
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11 Human pride will be brought down,
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and human arrogance will be humbled.
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Only the Lord will be exalted
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on that day of judgment.
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12 For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
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has a day of reckoning.
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He will punish the proud and mighty
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and bring down everything that is exalted.
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13 He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon
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and all the mighty oaks of Bashan.
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14 He will level all the high mountains
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and all the lofty hills.
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15 He will break down every high tower
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and every fortified wall.
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16 He will destroy all the great trading ships
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and every magnificent vessel.
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17 Human pride will be humbled,
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and human arrogance will be brought down.
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Only the Lord will be exalted
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on that day of judgment.
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18 Idols will completely disappear.
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19 When the Lord rises to shake the earth,
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his enemies will crawl into holes in the ground.
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They will hide in caves in the rocks
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from the terror of the Lord
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and the glory of his majesty.
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20 On that day of judgment they will abandon the gold and silver idols
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they made for themselves to worship.
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They will leave their gods to the rodents and bats,
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21 while they crawl away into caverns
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and hide among the jagged rocks in the cliffs.
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They will try to escape the terror of the Lord
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and the glory of his majesty
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as he rises to shake the earth.
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22 Don’t put your trust in mere humans.
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They are as frail as breath.
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What good are they? |