| New King James Version | New Living Translation |
| 1The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. | 1This is a vision that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem: |
| 2Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the LORD’s house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it. | 2In the last days, the mountain of the LORD’s house will be the highest of all— the most important place on earth. It will be raised above the other hills, and people from all over the world will stream there to worship. |
| 3Many people shall come and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. | 3People from many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of Jacob’s God. There he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the LORD’s teaching will go out from Zion; his word will go out from Jerusalem. |
| 4He shall judge between the nations, And rebuke many people; They shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war anymore. | 4The LORD will mediate between nations and will settle international disputes. They will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer fight against nation, nor train for war anymore. A Warning of Judgment |
| 5O house of Jacob, come and let us walk In the light of the LORD. | 5Come, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD! |
| 6For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with eastern ways; They are soothsayers like the Philistines, And they are pleased with the children of foreigners. | 6For the LORD has rejected his people, the descendants of Jacob, because they have filled their land with practices from the East and with sorcerers, as the Philistines do. They have made alliances with pagans. |
| 7Their land is also full of silver and gold, And there is no end to their treasures; Their land is also full of horses, And there is no end to their chariots. | 7Israel is full of silver and gold; there is no end to its treasures. Their land is full of warhorses; there is no end to its chariots. |
| 8Their land is also full of idols; They worship the work of their own hands, That which their own fingers have made. | 8Their land is full of idols; the people worship things they have made with their own hands. |
| 9People bow down, And each man humbles himself; Therefore do not forgive them. | 9So now they will be humbled, and all will be brought low— do not forgive them. |
| 10Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty. | 10Crawl into caves in the rocks. Hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the glory of his majesty. |
| 11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. | 11Human pride will be brought down, and human arrogance will be humbled. Only the LORD will be exalted on that day of judgment. |
| 12For the day of the LORD of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up— And it shall be brought low— | 12For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has a day of reckoning. He will punish the proud and mighty and bring down everything that is exalted. |
| 13Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, And upon all the oaks of Bashan; | 13He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon and all the mighty oaks of Bashan. |
| 14Upon all the high mountains, And upon all the hills that are lifted up; | 14He will level all the high mountains and all the lofty hills. |
| 15Upon every high tower, And upon every fortified wall; | 15He will break down every high tower and every fortified wall. |
| 16Upon all the ships of Tarshish, And upon all the beautiful sloops. | 16He will destroy all the great trading ships and every magnificent vessel. |
| 17The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; The LORD alone will be exalted in that day, | 17Human pride will be humbled, and human arrogance will be brought down. Only the LORD will be exalted on that day of judgment. |
| 18But the idols He shall utterly abolish. | 18Idols will completely disappear. |
| 19They shall go into the holes of the rocks, And into the caves of the earth, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily. | 19When the LORD rises to shake the earth, his enemies will crawl into holes in the ground. They will hide in caves in the rocks from the terror of the LORD and the glory of his majesty. |
| 20In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver And his idols of gold, Which they made, each for himself to worship, To the moles and bats, | 20On that day of judgment they will abandon the gold and silver idols they made for themselves to worship. They will leave their gods to the rodents and bats, |
| 21To go into the clefts of the rocks, And into the crags of the rugged rocks, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily. | 21while they crawl away into caverns and hide among the jagged rocks in the cliffs. They will try to escape the terror of the LORD and the glory of his majesty as he rises to shake the earth. |
| 22Sever yourselves from such a man, Whose breath is in his nostrils; For of what account is he? | 22Don’t put your trust in mere humans. They are as frail as breath. What good are they? |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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