The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 This is the word that Yesha'yahu the son of Amotz saw concerning Y'hudah and Yerushalayim:
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The word which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.
2 In the acharit-hayamim the mountain of ADONAI's house will be established as the most important mountain. It will be regarded more highly than the other hills, and all the Goyim will stream there.
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And it will come about in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and all nations will come to it.
3 Many peoples will go and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of ADONAI, to the house of the God of Ya'akov! He will teach us about his ways, and we will walk in his paths." For out of Tziyon will go forth Torah, the word of ADONAI from Yerushalayim.
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And the peoples will say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob: and he will give us knowledge of his ways, and we will be guided by his word; for out of Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. Then they will hammer their swords into plow-blades and their spears into pruning-knives; nations will not raise swords at each other, and they will no longer learn war.
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And he will be the judge between the nations, and the peoples will be ruled by his decisions: and their swords will be turned into plough-blades, and their spears into vine-knives: no longer will the nations be turning their swords against one another, and the knowledge of war will be gone for ever.
5 Descendants of Ya'akov, come! Let's live in the light of ADONAI!
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O family of Jacob, come, and let us go in the light of the Lord.
6 For you have abandoned your people the house of Ya'akov. Now they are filled from the east, full of sorcerers, like the P'lishtim; even the children of foreigners are enough for them!
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For you, O Lord, have given up your people, the family of Jacob, because they are full of the evil ways of the east, and make use of secret arts like the Philistines, and are friends with the children of strange countries.
7 Their land is full of silver and gold; They have no end of treasures. Their land is full of horses; They have no end of chariots.
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And their land is full of silver and gold, and there is no end to their stores; their land is full of horses, and there is no end to their carriages.
8 Their land is full of idols; everyone worships the work of his hands, what his own fingers have made.
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Their land is full of images; they give worship to the work of their hands, even to that which their fingers have made.
9 A person bows down, a man lowers himself - don't forgive them!
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And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.
10 Come into the rock, hide in the dust to escape the terror of ADONAI and the glory of his majesty.
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Go into a hole in the rock, covering yourselves with dust, in fear of the Lord, before the glory of his power.
11 The proud looks of man will be humiliated; the arrogance of men will be bowed down; and when that day comes, ADONAI alone will be exalted.
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The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.
12 Yes, ADONAI-Tzva'ot has a day in store for all who are proud and lofty, for all who are lifted high to be humiliated;
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For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;
13 for all cedars of the L'vanon that are high and lifted up, for all the oaks of the Bashan;
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And on all the high trees of Lebanon, and on all the strong trees of Bashan;
14 for all the high mountains, for all the hills that are lifted up;
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And on all the high mountains, and on all the hills which are lifted up;
15 for every high tower, for every fortified wall;
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And on every high tower, and on every strong wall;
16 for every "Tarshish" ship, for every luxurious vessel.
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And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all the fair boats.
17 The pride of man will be bowed down, the arrogance of men will be humiliated, and when that day comes, ADONAI alone will be exalted.
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And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.
18 The idols will be completely abolished.
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And the images will never be seen again.
19 People will enter cracks in the rocks and holes in the ground to escape the terror of ADONAI and his glorious majesty, when he sets out to convulse the earth.
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And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.
20 On that day a man will take hold of his idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, and fling them away to the moles and bats!
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In that day men will put their images of silver and of gold, which they made for worship, in the keeping of the beasts of the dark places;
21 Then they will enter the cracks in the rocks and the crevices in the cliffs to escape the terror of ADONAI and his glorious majesty, when he sets out to convulse the earth.
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To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.
22 Stop relying on man, in whose nostrils is a mere breath - after all, he doesn't count for much, does he?
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Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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