Isaiah 2

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 the word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.	1 This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.	2 In days to come, The mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills. All nations shall stream toward it;
3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.	3 many peoples shall come and say: "Come, let us climb the LORD'S mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths." For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.	4 He shall judge between the nations, and impose terms on many peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again.
5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.	5 O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD!
6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.	6 You have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with fortunetellers and soothsayers, like the Philistines; they covenant with strangers.
7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:	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.
8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:	8 Their land is full of idols; they worship the works of their hands, that which their fingers have made.
9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.	9 But man is abased, each one brought low. (Do not pardon them!)
10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.	10 Get behind the rocks, hide in the dust, From the terror of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty!
11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.	11 The haughty eyes of man will be lowered, the arrogance of men will be abased, and the LORD alone will be exalted, on that day.
12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:	12 For the LORD of hosts will have his day against all that is proud and arrogant, all that is high, and it will be brought low;
13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,	13 Yes, against all the cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan,
14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,	14 Against all the lofty mountains and all the high hills,
15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,	15 Against every lofty tower and every fortified wall,
16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.	16 Against all the ships of Tarshish and all stately vessels.
17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.	17 Human pride will be abased, the arrogance of men brought low, And the LORD alone will be exalted, on that day.
18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.	18 The idols will perish forever.
19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.	19 Men will go into caves in the rocks and into holes in the earth, From the terror of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he arises to overawe the earth.
20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;	20 On that day men will throw to the moles and the bats the idols of silver and gold which they made for worship.
21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.	21 They go into caverns in the rocks and into crevices in the cliffs, From the terror of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he arises to overawe the earth.
22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?	22 As for you, let man alone, in whose nostrils is but a breath; for what is he worth?