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vision that Isaiah saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
2 In the last days
the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established
above the tops of the mountains,
it will be raised above the hills;
and all nations will stream to it.
3 Many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us about His ways,
so we will be able to walk in His paths.”
For instruction will go out of Zion,
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 He will judge between the nations,
and arbitrate for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into ploughshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
neither will they train for war anymore.
5 O house of Jacob,
come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!
6 For You have abandoned Your people,
the house of Jacob.
They are filled with superstitions from the East;
and with fortune-tellers like the Philistines.
They clasp hands with foreigners.
7 Their land is filled with silver and gold;
there is no end to their treasures.
Their land is filled with horses;
there is no end to their chariots.
8 Their land is filled with idols;
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their own fingers have made.
9 So man is humbled,
and each one is humiliated—
do not forgive them!
10 Go into the rocks,
hide in the dust
from the terror of the Lord,
and from the glory of His majesty.
11 The proud eyes of man will be brought low,
and the pride of men will be humbled;
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
12 For the Lord of Hosts has a day coming—
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up—
for it will be brought low,
13 against all the cedars of Lebanon—
lofty and lifted up;
and against all the oaks of Bashan;
14 against all the high mountains,
and against all the lofty hills;
15 against every high tower,
and against ever fortified wall;
16 against all the ships of Tarshish,
and against every splendid sea vessel.
17 The arrogance of man will be bought low,
and the pride of men will be humbled.
The Lord alone will be exalted on that day,
18but the idols will totally vanish.
19 Men will flee into caves in the rocks
and to holes in the ground,
away from the terror of the Lord,
and from the glory of His majesty,
when He rises to terrify the earth.
20 On that day men will throw away
to the moles and to the bats
their idols of silver and gold,
which they have made for their own worship.
21 They will flee into the caves of the rocks,
and into the crevices in the cliffs,
away from the terror of the Lord,
and from the glory of His majesty,
when He rises to terrify the earth.
22 Stop trusting in man,
who has only breath in his nostrils.
Of what account is he?