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Isaiah 2

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Isaiah 2 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

ASV: 1ASV

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

WEB: 2WEB

It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.

ASV: 2ASV

And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

WEB: 3WEB

Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s 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 the law shall go out of Zion, and the LORD’s word from Jerusalem.

ASV: 3ASV

And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, 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 Jehovah from Jerusalem.

WEB: 4WEB

He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples. 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 any more.

ASV: 4ASV

And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and 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 any more.

WEB: 5WEB

House of Jacob, come, and let’s walk in the light of the LORD.

ASV: 5ASV

O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.

WEB: 6WEB

For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled from the east, with those who practice divination like the Philistines, and they clasp hands with the children of foreigners.

ASV: 6ASV

For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are filled with customs from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

WEB: 7WEB

Their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures. Their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.

ASV: 7ASV

And their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.

WEB: 8WEB

Their land also is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

ASV: 8ASV

Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

WEB: 9WEB

Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don’t forgive them.

ASV: 9ASV

And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.

WEB: 10WEB

Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty.

ASV: 10ASV

Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty.

WEB: 11WEB

The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the arrogance of men will be bowed down, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

ASV: 11ASV

The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

WEB: 12WEB

For there will be a day of the LORD of Armies for all that is proud and arrogant, and for all that is lifted up, and it shall be brought low—

ASV: 12ASV

For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;

WEB: 13WEB

for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, for all the oaks of Bashan,

ASV: 13ASV

and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

WEB: 14WEB

for all the high mountains, for all the hills that are lifted up,

ASV: 14ASV

and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

WEB: 15WEB

for every lofty tower, for every fortified wall,

ASV: 15ASV

and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,

WEB: 16WEB

for all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery.

ASV: 16ASV

and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant imagery.

WEB: 17WEB

The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the arrogance of men shall be brought low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

ASV: 17ASV

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

WEB: 18WEB

The idols shall utterly pass away.

ASV: 18ASV

And the idols shall utterly pass away.

WEB: 19WEB

Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.

ASV: 19ASV

And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

WEB: 20WEB

In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which have been made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats,

ASV: 20ASV

In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

WEB: 21WEB

to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.

ASV: 21ASV

to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

WEB: 22WEB

Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?

ASV: 22ASV

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?