Isaiah 2

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.	1 The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
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;	2 And in the last days, the mountain of the house of the Lord will be prepared at the summit of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills, and all the nations shall flow to it.
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.	3 And many peoples will go, and they will say: “Let us approach and ascend to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob. And he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
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.	4 And he will judge the nations, and he will rebuke many peoples. And they shall forge their swords into plowshares, and their spears into sickles. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they continue to train for battle.
5 O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD!	5 O house of Jacob, let us approach and walk in the light of the Lord.
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.	6 For you have cast aside your people, the house of Jacob, because they have been filled up, as in past times, and because they have had soothsayers as the Philistines have, and because they have joined themselves to foreign servants.
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.	7 Their land has been filled with silver and gold. And there is no end to their storehouses.
8 Their land is full of idols; they worship the works of their hands, that which their fingers have made.	8 And their land has been filled with horses. And their four-horse chariots are innumerable. And their land has been filled with idols. They have adored the work of their hands, which their own fingers have made.
9 But man is abased, each one brought low. (Do not pardon them!)	9 And man has bowed himself down, and so man has become debased. Therefore, you should not forgive them.
10 Get behind the rocks, hide in the dust, From the terror of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty!	10 Enter into the rock, and hide in a ditch in the soil, from the presence of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty.
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.	11 The lofty eyes of man have been humbled, and the haughtiness of men will be bowed down. Then the Lord alone shall be exalted, in that day.
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;	12 For the day of the Lord of hosts will prevail over all the proud and self-exalted, and over all the arrogant, and each one shall be humbled,
13 Yes, against all the cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan,	13 and over all the straight and tall cedars of Lebanon, and over all the oaks of Bashan;
14 Against all the lofty mountains and all the high hills,	14 and over all the lofty mountains, and over all the elevated hills;
15 Against every lofty tower and every fortified wall,	15 and over every lofty tower, and over every fortified wall;
16 Against all the ships of Tarshish and all stately vessels.	16 and over all the ships of Tarshish, and over all the beauty that may be seen.
17 Human pride will be abased, the arrogance of men brought low, And the LORD alone will be exalted, on that day.	17 And the loftiness of men will be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men will be brought low. And the Lord alone shall be exalted, in that day.
18 The idols will perish forever.	18 And idols will be thoroughly crushed.
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.	19 And they will go into the caves of the rocks, and into the caverns of the earth, from the presence of the dread of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he will have risen up to strike the earth.
20 On that day men will throw to the moles and the bats the idols of silver and gold which they made for worship.	20 In that day, man shall cast aside his idols of silver and his images of gold, which he had made for himself, as if to reverence the moles and the bats.
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.	21 And so he will go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the caverns of stone, from the presence of the dread of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he will have risen up to strike the earth.
22 As for you, let man alone, in whose nostrils is but a breath; for what is he worth?	22 Therefore, rest away from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he considers himself to be exalted.