1 This is the vision that Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem. 2 In 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. 3 People 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. God's teachings will spread out from Zion, his word from Jerusalem.” 4 The 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. 5 Come, you Israelites, let's walk in the Lord's light. 6 For 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. 7 Their country is full of silver and gold, and endless wealth. Their land is full of horses; and they have an endless amount of chariots. 8 Their country is full of idols; they bow down and worship what they have made themselves—produced by their own hands! 9 These people will be brought down and humiliated—Lord, don't forgive them! 10 Run away into rock caves, hide underground from the terrifying presence of the Lord, from the glory of his majesty. 11 Those 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. 12 The Lord has set aside a day when he will deal with the proud and arrogant. He will end all self-glorification, bringing it down. 13 He will cut down the cedars of Lebanon, tall and high, and all the great oaks of Bashan, 14 He will bring down the tall mountains and the high hills. 15 He will tear down every high tower and every defensive wall. 16 He will wipe out all the commercial ships of Tarshish as well as the pleasure vessels. 17 The arrogant will be humbled; the proud will be brought low. On that day only the Lord will be lifted high. 18 Idols will completely vanish away. 19 People 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. 20 On that day the people will take the idols of silver and gold that they made to worship and throw them away to the rats and the bats. 21 They 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. 22 Don't bother trusting human beings who only live for a while. How much do they count?
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Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 1:1; Isaiah 13:1; Amos 1:1; Micah 1:1; Habakkuk 1:1
- 2 Micah 4:1–3; Isaiah 56:7; Zechariah 8:3; Isaiah 27:13; Revelation 11:15
- 3 Jeremiah 50:4–5; Zechariah 8:20–23; Luke 24:47; Isaiah 51:4–5; Psalm 110:2
- 4 Hosea 2:18; Micah 4:3; Zechariah 9:10; Isaiah 11:6–9; Isaiah 60:17–18
- 5 Ephesians 5:8; Luke 1:79; 1 John 1:7; Isaiah 60:19–20; John 12:35–36
- 6 Romans 11:20; Deuteronomy 18:10–14; 2 Kings 1:2; 1 Chronicles 10:13; Leviticus 20:6
- 7 Isaiah 31:1; Deuteronomy 17:16–17; Psalm 20:7; Isaiah 30:16; Micah 5:10
- 8 Psalm 115:4–8; Revelation 9:20; Isaiah 37:19; Jeremiah 2:28; Jeremiah 11:13
- 9 Isaiah 5:15; Mark 3:29; Joshua 24:19; Nehemiah 4:5; Jeremiah 18:23
- 10 Revelation 6:15–16; Isaiah 2:19–21; Hosea 10:8; Luke 23:30; Revelation 15:3–4
- 11 Isaiah 5:15–16; Psalm 18:27; Isaiah 2:17; Isaiah 12:4; Isaiah 24:21
- 12 Malachi 4:1; Isaiah 23:9; Luke 14:11; Proverbs 16:5; Daniel 4:37
- 13 Zechariah 11:1–2; Isaiah 14:8; Amos 2:5; Isaiah 37:24; Ezekiel 31:3–12
- 14 Isaiah 40:4; Isaiah 30:25; Psalm 110:5–6; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Psalm 68:16
- 15 Isaiah 25:12
- 16 1 Kings 10:22; Isaiah 23:1; Psalm 47:7; Isaiah 60:9; Revelation 18:11
- 17 Isaiah 2:11; Jeremiah 48:29–30; Isaiah 13:11; Ezekiel 28:2–7
- 18 Ezekiel 37:23; Zechariah 13:2; Isaiah 27:9; Zephaniah 1:3; Ezekiel 36:25
- 19 Isaiah 2:10; Luke 23:30; Hosea 10:8; Isaiah 2:21; Revelation 6:12–15
- 20 Isaiah 30:22; Isaiah 31:7; Philippians 3:7–8; Hosea 14:8; Isaiah 46:6
- 21 Isaiah 2:19; Job 30:6; Exodus 33:22; Song of Songs 2:14; Isaiah 2:10
- 22 Jeremiah 17:5; Psalm 146:3; James 4:14; Psalm 144:3–4; Psalm 8:4
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… let him draw near to the servant of God;" and, "Woe unto you, for ye shall wax old as doth a garment, and the moth shall eat you up;" and, "All flesh shall be humbled, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in the highest," --it is thus indicated that, after His passion and ascension, God shall cast down under …
… 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 Sion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." This way, therefore, is not the property of one, but of all nations.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Where, O Grave, is thy sting?" And another again, declaring glad tidings of the most profound peace, said, "They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks." And while one calls on Jerusalem, saying, "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, for lo!
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Of this the blessed Esaias prophesying of old time said, And on this mountain,--(now he calls the Church a mountain elsewhere also, as when he says, In the last days the mountain of the Lord's house shall be manifest;)--on this mountain shall the Lord make unto all nations a feast; they shall drink wine, they shall drink gladness, they …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… "For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem; and He shall rebuke many people; and they shall break down their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks, and they shall no longer learn to fight." If therefore another law and word, going forth from Jerusalem, brought in such a [reign …