Open English Translation ISA Chapter 2

2 This is the message the Amots’s son Yeshayah (Isaiah) saw concerning Yehudah (Judah) and Yerushalem (Jerusalem):

2 Near the end of time, the mountain where Yahweh’s house is

will be established as the most important mountain.

It will become more famous than any other hill,

and all the nations will flow to visit it.

3 Many different peoples will come and say,

“Come on, let’s go up to Yahweh’s mountain—

to the temple of Yakov’s (Jacob’s) God,

so he can teach us his ways and we can walk in his paths.”

Because God’s instructions will emanate from Tsiyyon (Zion),

≈and Yahweh’s message will spread out starting from Yerushalem (Jerusalem).

4 He’ll judge between the nations,

≈and will settle cases for many different peoples.

They’ll hammer their swords into plough blades,

≈and their spears into pruning hooks.

The nations will stop attacking each other,

and they won’t go to war again.[ref]

5 You descendants of Yakov,

come and walk in Yahweh’s light.

6 Yes, you’ve abandoned your people, Yakov’s descendants,

because they’re too influenced by eastern ideas

and they practice divination like the Philistines,

and they make deals with sons of foreigners.

7 Their land is full of silver and gold,

≈and there’s no limit to its wealth.

The land also is full of horses,

≈and there’s no limit to its chariots,

8 Their land is full of idols.

They worship the craftsmanship of their own hands—

≈what their fingers have made.

9 Then a person will be bowed down,

≈and a man will be humbled,

but not forgiven.

10 Go into a cave in the rocks,

or hide in a hole in the ground

from the terror from Yahweh

and from the blinding light of his majesty.[ref]

11 Proud people will be humbled,

≈and the arrogant will be take a lesson,

and Yahweh alone will be honoured on that day.

12 because army commander Yahweh has chosen a day

for judgement against those who’re proud and aloof,

and against every arrogant person—they’ll all be humbled.

13 It’s also against all the high and mighty cedars in Lebanon,

and all the oak trees in Bashan,

14 against all the massive mountains

and all the high hills,

15 against every high tower

and fortified wall,

16 against all the ships from Tarshish

and all those beautiful sailing ships.

17 Humankind’s pride will be humbled

and the arrogance of people will be cut off,

and only Yahweh will be honoured at that time.

18 All the idols will be completely eliminated.

19 Yes, men will go into the caves in the rocks

and into holes in the ground,

to escape from the terror of Yahweh,

and from the blinding light of his majesty,

when he takes action to terrify the earth.

20 On that day, people will throw away

their gold and silver idols which they made to worship.

They’ll throw them into rabbit holes and bat caves.

21 Then they’ll crawl into the crevices in the rocks

and into the openings in the ragged cliffs,

to escape from the terror of Yahweh,

and from the blinding light of his majesty,

when he takes action to terrify the earth.

22 Don’t put your faith in humankind who need air to breathe,

because what can they do about anything?