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Isaiah 2

The Message Bible MSG

1 The Message Isaiah got regarding Judah and Jerusalem:

2 There's a day coming when the mountain of God's House Will be The Mountain - solid, towering over all mountains. All nations will river toward it, people from all over set out for it.

3 They'll say, "Come, let's climb God's Mountain, go to the House of the God of Jacob. He'll show us the way he works so we can live the way we're made." Zion's the source of the revelation. God's Message comes from Jerusalem.

4 He'll settle things fairly between nations. He'll make things right between many peoples. They'll turn their swords into shovels, their spears into hoes. No more will nation fight nation; they won't play war anymore.

5 Come, family of Jacob, let's live in the light of God.

6 God, you've walked out on your family Jacob because their world is full of hokey religion, Philistine witchcraft, and pagan hocus-pocus,

7 a world rolling in wealth, Stuffed with things, no end to its machines and gadgets,

8 And gods - gods of all sorts and sizes. These people make their own gods and worship what they make.

9 A degenerate race, facedown in the gutter. Don't bother with them! They're not worth forgiving! Pretentious Egos Brought Down to Earth

10 Head for the hills, hide in the caves From the terror of God, from his dazzling presence.

11 People with a big head are headed for a fall, pretentious egos brought down a peg. It's God alone at front-and-center on the Day we're talking about,

12 The Day that God-of-the-Angel-Armies is matched against all big-talking rivals, against all swaggering big names;

13 Against all giant sequoias hugely towering, and against the expansive chestnut;

14 Against Kilimanjaro and Annapurna, against the ranges of Alps and Andes;

15 Against every soaring skyscraper, against all proud obelisks and statues;

16 Against ocean-going luxury liners, against elegant three-masted schooners.

17 The swelled big heads will be punctured bladders, the pretentious egos brought down to earth, Leaving God alone at front-and-center on the Day we're talking about.

18 And all those sticks and stones dressed up to look like gods will be gone for good.

19 Clamber into caves in the cliffs, duck into any hole you can find. Hide from the terror of God, from his dazzling presence, When he assumes his full stature on earth, towering and terrifying.

20 On that Day men and women will take the sticks and stones They've decked out in gold and silver to look like gods and then worshiped, And they will dump them in any ditch or gully,

21 Then run for rock caves and cliff hideouts To hide from the terror of God, from his dazzling presence, When he assumes his full stature on earth, towering and terrifying.

22 Quit scraping and fawning over mere humans, so full of themselves, so full of hot air! Can't you see there's nothing to them?

New Living Translation NLT

1 This is a vision that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

2 In the last days, the mountain of the LORD ’s house will be the highest of all— the most important place on earth. It will be raised above the other hills, and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.

3 People from many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of Jacob’s God. There he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the LORD ’s teaching will go out from Zion; his word will go out from Jerusalem.

4 The LORD will mediate between nations and will settle international disputes. They will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer fight against nation, nor train for war anymore.

5 Come, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD !

6 For the LORD has rejected his people, the descendants of Jacob, because they have filled their land with practices from the East and with sorcerers, as the Philistines do. They have made alliances with pagans.

7 Israel is full of silver and gold; there is no end to its treasures. Their land is full of warhorses; there is no end to its chariots.

8 Their land is full of idols; the people worship things they have made with their own hands.

9 So now they will be humbled, and all will be brought low— do not forgive them.

10 Crawl into caves in the rocks. Hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the glory of his majesty.

11 Human pride will be brought down, and human arrogance will be humbled. Only the LORD will be exalted on that day of judgment.

12 For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has a day of reckoning. He will punish the proud and mighty and bring down everything that is exalted.

13 He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon and all the mighty oaks of Bashan.

14 He will level all the high mountains and all the lofty hills.

15 He will break down every high tower and every fortified wall.

16 He will destroy all the great trading ships and every magnificent vessel.

17 Human pride will be humbled, and human arrogance will be brought down. Only the LORD will be exalted on that day of judgment.

18 Idols will completely disappear.

19 When the LORD rises to shake the earth, his enemies will crawl into holes in the ground. They will hide in caves in the rocks from the terror of the LORD and the glory of his majesty.

20 On that day of judgment they will abandon the gold and silver idols they made for themselves to worship. They will leave their gods to the rodents and bats,

21 while they crawl away into caverns and hide among the jagged rocks in the cliffs. They will try to escape the terror of the LORD and the glory of his majesty as he rises to shake the earth.

22 Don’t put your trust in mere humans. They are as frail as breath. What good are they?