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King James Bible

 

King James Bible

Youngs Literal Translation


2:1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. The thing that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
2:2 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. And it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, Established is the mount of Jehovah's house, Above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the heights, And flowed unto it have all the nations.
2:3 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. And gone have many peoples and said, `Come, and we go up unto the mount of Jehovah, Unto the house of the God of Jacob, And He doth teach us of His ways, And we walk in His paths, For from Zion goeth forth a law, And a word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.
2:4 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. And He hath judged between the nations, And hath given a decision to many peoples, And they have beat their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation doth not lift up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn any more -- war.
2:5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. O house of Jacob, come, And we walk in the light of Jehovah.'
2:6 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. For Thou hast left Thy people, the house of Jacob. For they have been filled from the east, And `are' sorcerers like the Philistines, And with the children of strangers strike hands.
2:7 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: And its land is full of silver and gold, And there is no end to its treasures, And its land is full of horses, And there is no end to its chariots,
2:8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: And its land is full of idols, To the work of its hands it boweth itself, To that which its fingers have made,
2:9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not.
2:10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. Enter into a rock, and be hidden in dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency.
2:11 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. The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.
2:12 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: For a day `is' to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,
2:13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, And for all cedars of Lebanon, The high and the exalted ones, And for all oaks of Bashan,
2:14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, And for all the high mountains, And for all the exalted heights,
2:15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, And for every high tower, And for every fenced wall,
2:16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. And for all ships of Tarshish, And for all desirable pictures.
2:17 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. And bowed down hath been the haughtiness of man, And humbled the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.
2:18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish. And the idols -- they completely pass away.
2:19 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. And `men' have entered into caverns of rocks, And into caves of dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth.
2:20 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; In that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats,
2:21 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. To enter into cavities of the rocks, And into clefts of the high places, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth.
2:22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ? Cease for you from man, Whose breath `is' in his nostrils, For -- in what is he esteemed?