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1 Here is the message which God gave to Isaiah son of Amoz about Judah and Jerusalem:
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This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
2 In days to come the mountain where the Temple stands will be the highest one of all, towering above all the hills. Many nations will come streaming to it,
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In the last days the mountain of the LORD’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
3 and their people will say, "Let us go up the hill of the Lord, to the Temple of Israel's God. He will teach us what he wants us to do; we will walk in the paths he has chosen. For the Lord's teaching comes from Jerusalem; from Zion he speaks to his people."
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Many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
4 He will settle disputes among great nations. They will hammer their swords into plows and their spears into pruning knives. Nations will never again go to war, never prepare for battle again.
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He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.
5 Now, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light which the Lord gives us!
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Come, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
6 O God, you have forsaken your people, the descendants of Jacob! The land is full of magic practices from the East and from Philistia. The people follow foreign customs.
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You, LORD, have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob. They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and embrace pagan customs.
7 Their land is full of silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures. Their land is full of horses, and there is no end to their chariots.
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Their land is full of silver and gold; there is no end to their treasures. Their land is full of horses; there is no end to their chariots.
8 Their land is full of idols, and they worship objects that they have made with their own hands.
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Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
9 Everyone will be humiliated and disgraced. Do not forgive them, Lord!
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So people will be brought low and everyone humbled— do not forgive them.
10 They will hide in caves in the rocky hills or dig holes in the ground to try to escape from the Lord's anger and to hide from his power and glory!
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Go into the rocks, hide in the ground from the fearful presence of the LORDand the splendor of his majesty!
11 A day is coming when human pride will be ended and human arrogance destroyed. Then the Lord alone will be exalted.
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The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled and human pride brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
12 On that day the Lord Almighty will humble everyone who is powerful, everyone who is proud and conceited.
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The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled),
13 He will destroy the tall cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks in the land of Bashan.
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for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, and all the oaks of Bashan,
14 He will level the high mountains and hills,
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for all the towering mountains and all the high hills,
15 every high tower, and the walls of every fortress.
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for every lofty tower and every fortified wall,
16 He will sink even the largest and most beautiful ships.
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for every trading shipand every stately vessel.
17 Human pride will be ended, and human arrogance will be destroyed. Idols will completely disappear, and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
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The arrogance of man will be brought low and human pride humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
19 People will hide in caves in the rocky hills or dig holes in the ground to try to escape from the Lord's anger and to hide from his power and glory, when he comes to shake the earth.
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People will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from the fearful presence of the LORDand the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.
20 When that day comes, they will throw away the gold and silver idols they have made, and abandon them to the moles and the bats.
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In that day people will throw away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made to worship.
21 When the Lord comes to shake the earth, people will hide in holes and caves in the rocky hills to try to escape from his anger and to hide from his power and glory.
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They will flee to caverns in the rocks and to the overhanging crags from the fearful presence of the LORDand the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.
22 Put no more confidence in mortals. What are they worth?
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Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nostrils. Why hold them in esteem?
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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