1This is the vision that Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.
2In the last days the mountain where the Lord's Temple stands will be recognized as the highest of all mountains, rising above other hills. Many from the other nations will travel to it.
3People will come and say, “Let's go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Temple of the God of Jacob. There God will teach us his ways and we will follow his directions. 3God's teachings will spread out from Zion, his word from Jerusalem.”
4The Lord will decide the cases of the nations; he will settle arguments between nations. They will hammer their swords and turn them into plow blades, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not fight against each other anymore; they will no longer learn methods of warfare.
5Come, you Israelites, 4let's walk in the Lord's light.
6For you, Lord, have given up on your people the Israelites, because they have adopted pagan practices from the East, they use spells like the Philistines, and make friends with foreigners. 5
7Their country is full of silver and gold, and endless wealth. Their land is full of horses; and they have an endless amount of chariots.
8Their country is full of idols; they bow down and worship what they have made themselves—produced by their own hands!
9These people will be brought down and humiliated—Lord, don't forgive them!
10Run away into rock caves, hide underground from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty.
11Those who look with arrogance will be brought low; those who are proud will be humbled. On that day only the Lord will be lifted high.
12The Lord has set aside a day when he will deal with the proud and arrogant. He will end all self-glorification, bringing it down.
13He will cut down the cedars of Lebanon, tall and high, and all the great oaks of Bashan,
14He will bring down the tall mountains and the high hills.
15He will tear down every high tower and every defensive wall.
16He will wipe out all the commercial ships of Tarshish as well as the pleasure vessels.
17The arrogant will be humbled; the proud will be brought low. On that day only the Lord will be lifted high.
18Idols will completely vanish away.
19People will run away into rock caves and holes in the ground to try and hide from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty, when he arrives to shake the earth.
20On that day the people will take the idols of silver and gold that they made to worship and throw them away to the rats 6and the bats.
21They will run to cracks in the rocks and gaps on the cliffs to try and hide from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty, when he arrives to shake the earth.
22Don't bother trusting human beings who only live for a while. 7How much do they count?
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