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The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
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The word which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.
2 In days to come the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; all the nations shall stream to it.
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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 shall come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
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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 shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
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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 O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!
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O family of Jacob, come, and let us go in the light of the Lord.
6 For you have forsaken the ways of your people, O house of Jacob. Indeed they are full of diviners from the east and of soothsayers like the Philistines, and they clasp hands with foreigners.
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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 filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their 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 filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their 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 And so people are humbled, and everyone is brought low— do not 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 Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust from the terror of the Lord, and from 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 haughty eyes of people shall be brought low, and the pride of everyone shall be humbled; and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
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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 For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up and high;
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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 against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up; and against all the oaks of Bashan;
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And on all the high trees of Lebanon, and on all the strong trees of Bashan;
14 against all the high mountains, and against all the lofty hills;
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And on all the high mountains, and on all the hills which are lifted up;
15 against every high tower, and against every fortified wall;
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And on every high tower, and on every strong wall;
16 against all the ships of Tarshish, and against all the beautiful craft.
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And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all the fair boats.
17 The haughtiness of people shall be humbled, and the pride of everyone shall be brought low; and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
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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 shall utterly pass away.
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And the images will never be seen again.
19 Enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from the terror of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify 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 people will throw away to the moles and to the bats their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship,
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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 to enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefts in the crags, from the terror of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify 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 Turn away from mortals, who have only breath in their nostrils, for of what account are they?
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Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
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