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# Chapter 2
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1 The vision that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
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2 In the last days
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the mountain of the Lord’s house will be established
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at the top of the mountains
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and will be raised above the hills.
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All nations will stream to it,
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3 and many peoples will come and say,
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“Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord,
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to the house of the God of Jacob.
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He will teach us about his ways
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so that we may walk in his paths.”
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For instruction will go out of Zion
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and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
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4 He will settle disputes among the nations
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and provide arbitration for many peoples.
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They will beat their swords into plows
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and their spears into pruning knives.
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Nation will not take up the sword against nation,
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and they will never again train for war.
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5 House of Jacob,
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come and let’s walk in the Lord’s light.
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6 For you have abandoned your people,
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the house of Jacob,
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because they are full of divination from the East
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and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines.
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They are in league with foreigners.
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7 Their land is full of silver and gold,
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and there is no limit to their treasures;
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their land is full of horses,
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and there is no limit to their chariots.
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8 Their land is full of worthless idols;
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they worship the work of their hands,
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what their fingers have made.
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9 So humanity is brought low,
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and each person is humbled.
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Do not forgive them!
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10 Go into the rocks
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and hide in the dust
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from the terror of the Lord
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and from his majestic splendor.
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11 The pride of mankind will be humbled,
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and human loftiness will be brought low;
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the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
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12 For a day belonging to the Lord of Armies is coming
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against all that is proud and lofty,
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against all that is lifted up—it will be humbled—
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13 against all the cedars of Lebanon,
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lofty and lifted up,
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against all the oaks of Bashan,
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14 against all the high mountains,
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against all the lofty hills,
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15 against every high tower,
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against every fortified wall,
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16 against every ship of Tarshish,
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and against every splendid sea vessel.
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17 The pride of mankind will be brought low,
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and human loftiness will be humbled;
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the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
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18 The worthless idols will vanish completely.
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19 People will go into caves in the rocks
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and holes in the ground,
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away from the terror of the Lord
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and from his majestic splendor,
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when he rises to terrify the earth.
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20 On that day people will throw
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their worthless idols of silver and gold,
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which they made to worship,
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to the moles and the bats.
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21 They will go into the caves of the rocks
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and the crevices in the cliffs,
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away from the terror of the Lord
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and from his majestic splendor,
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when he rises to terrify the earth.
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22 Put no more trust in a mere human,
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who has only the breath in his nostrils.
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What is he really worth? |