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1This is the word revealed to Isaiah, son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
2In the last days, the mountain of Yahweh ’s temple[#2:2 This phrase, often used by the prophets of the Old Testament, speaks of our current time in human history between Pentecost and the coming again of Christ. See Heb. 1:2; 1 John 2:18.]
will be raised up as the head of the mountains,
towering over all the hills.
A sparkling stream of every nation will flow into it.
3Many peoples will come and say,
“Everyone, come! Let’s go up higher to Yahweh ’s mountain,
to the house of Jacob’s God; then he can teach us his ways
and we can walk in his paths!”
Zion will be the center of instruction,
and the word of Yahweh will go out from Jerusalem.
4He will judge fairly between the nations
and settle disputes among many peoples.
They will beat the swords they used against each other
into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
No nation will take up weapons against another,
nor will they prepare for war anymore.
5O house of Jacob, come let us walk
in the wonderful light of Yahweh !
6Lord , you have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob,
for they are full of occultic secrets from the east,
like the land of the Philistines, with sorcerers everywhere;
they are pleased with what is false and foreign.
7Their land overflows with gold and silver;
they are wealthy beyond measure.
Their land is filled with horses and innumerable chariots!
8Worthless idols are everywhere, and they worship
the work of their own hands, what their fingers have made.
9The people bow down low before the “no-gods,”
and the leaders lie down flat before them in worship ,
so do not spare them!
10Enter into the rock and hide in the dust
from the dreadful presence of Yahweh
and from his majestic glory.
11The arrogant will be humbled[#2:11 Or “The eyes of the haughty.”]
and the pride of man brought low.
Only one will be exalted in that day: Yahweh !
12The Lord of Angel Armies[#2:12 Or “Jehovah-Sabaoth,” the Lord of Angel Armies.]
has a day of humiliation in store for all the high and mighty,
for all who are proud and self-exalting.
They will be brought low.
13His judgment is coming
against all the lofty cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan,
14against all the high mountains and all the lofty hills,[#2:14 Governments and kingdoms of this earth are like hills and mountains. Even the highest of men’s governmental authorities will bow to the one called the Lord Almighty.]
15against every high tower and every fortress wall,[#2:15 “High towers” could also represent godless academia that towers intellectually above others.; #2:15 This could refer to the strongholds in the mind of man, thoughts of self-importance that exalt themselves against the knowledge of God (see 2 Cor. 10:3–6). Towers and walls served as a refuge during an attack. Rebels against God built a tower in Babylon (see Gen. 11:1–9), seeking to be independent of God.]
16against all the trading ships of Tarshish[#2:16 The ships of Tarshish were the largest of ships, able to take the longest voyages and the greatest cargoes. They typify the great commercial empires built by man (see Ezek. 27:12). The economic system, the commerce of earth, will be brought to the feet of Jesus as he establishes an eternal kingdom where righteousness and justice rule.]
and all the impressive sailing vessels.
17People’s arrogance will be conquered and brought low,[#2:17 Isaiah taught that those who bowed low before idols (v. 9) would one day bow low before the true God.]
and those proud of heart will be humiliated.
Only one will be exalted in that day: Yahweh !
18Every worthless idol will utterly pass away.[#2:18 The Hebrew has only three words: “Nothings to nothingness!” See 1 Cor. 8:4.]
19People will hide in caves and holes in the ground
from the dreadful presence of Yahweh
and from his majestic glory when he rises
to mightily shake the earth.
20In that day, people will throw away the worthless idols[#2:20 The phrase “in that day” is used fifty times by Isaiah.]
their hands have made from gold and silver.
They will fling their treasures to the rodents and bats
21as they crawl into the clefts of the rock to hide from the
dreadful presence of Yahweh
and from the majesty of his glory
when he rises to shake the earth mightily!
22So once and for all , stop trusting in man,
who is but one breath from death —frail and puny man!