The LORD ’s mountain

¹This is what Isaiah, Amoz’s son, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

²In the days to come

the mountain of the LORD ’s house

will be the highest of the mountains.

It will be lifted above the hills;

³Many nations will go and say,

“Come, let’s go up to the LORD ’s mountain,

to the house of Jacob’s God

Instruction will come from Zion;

the LORD ’s word from Jerusalem.

⁴God will judge between the nations,

and settle disputes of mighty nations.

Then they will beat their swords into iron plows

and their spears into pruning tools.

Nation will not take up sword against nation;

they will no longer learn how to make war.

⁵Come, house of Jacob,

let’s walk by the LORD ’s light.

Everyone is brought low

⁶You have abandoned your people,

They are full of sorcerers from the east and fortune-tellers like the Philistines;

⁷Their land is full of silver and gold;

they have countless treasures.

Their land is filled with horses;

they have countless chariots.

⁸Their land is filled with idols;

they worship their handiwork,

what their own fingers have made.

⁹Humanity will be brought down;

each person laid low—don’t lift them up!

¹⁰Go into the rocks,

and hide yourself in the dust from the terror of the LORD ,

from the splendor of God’s majesty!

¹¹People’s proud gazing will be stopped

and humanity’s arrogance brought down;

the LORD alone will be exalted on that day.

¹²The LORD of heavenly forces has planned a day:

against all that is prideful and haughty;

against all that is lofty, and it will be laid low;

¹³against all the cedars of Lebanon, high and lofty;

against all the oaks of Bashan;

¹⁴against all the high mountains;

against all the lofty hills;

¹⁵against every tall tower;

against every fortified wall;

¹⁶against all the ships of Tarshish;

against all the wonderful boats.

¹⁷People’s pride will be brought down

and human arrogance humiliated.

The LORD alone will be exalted on that day;

¹⁸the idols will completely pass away.

¹⁹Go into caves in the rocks

and holes in the dust

²⁰On that day, people will toss

their idols of silver and idols of gold,

²¹They will hide in fissures of rocks and in crevices of cliffs

before the terror of the LORD

and the splendor of God’s majesty

when he arises to terrify the earth.

²²Quit admiring the human race,

who breathe through their nostrils.

Why should they be admired?