Isaiah 2 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 The worde that Isaiah the sonne of Amoz sawe vpon Iudah and Ierusalem.
1 This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 It shall be in the last dayes, that the mountaine of the house of the Lord shalbe prepared in the top of the mountaines, and shall be exalted aboue the hilles, and all nations shall flowe vnto it.
2 It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh’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.
3 And many people shall go, and say, Come, and let vs go vp to the mountaine of the Lord, to the house of the God of Iaakob, and hee will teach vs his wayes, and we will walke in his paths: for the Lawe shall go foorth of Zion, and the worde of the Lord from Ierusalem,
3 Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, 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 Yahweh’s word from Jerusalem.
4 And he shall iudge among the nations, and rebuke many people: they shall breake their swords also into mattocks, and their speares into siethes: nation shall not lift vp a sworde against nation, neither shall they learne to fight any more.
4 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.
5 O house of Iaakob, come ye, and let vs walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
5 House of Jacob, come, and let’s walk in the light of Yahweh.
6 Surely thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Iaakob, because they are full of the East maners, and are sorcerers as the Philistims, and abound with strange children.
6 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.
7 Their land also was full of siluer and golde, and there was none ende of their treasures: and their land was full of horses, and their charets were infinite.
7 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.
8 Their land also was full of idols: they worshipped the worke of their owne hands, which their owne fingers haue made.
8 Their land also is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
9 And a man bowed himselfe, and a man humbled himselfe: therefore spare them not.
9 Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don’t forgive them.
10 Enter into the rocke, and hide thee in the dust from before the feare of the Lord, and from the glory of his maiestie.
10 Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty.
11 The hie looke of man shall be humbled, and the loftinesse of men shalbe abased, and the Lord onely shall be exalted in that day.
11 The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the arrogance of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.
12 For the day of the Lord of hostes is vpon all the proude and hautie, and vpon all that is exalted: and it shalbe made lowe.
12 For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies for all that is proud and arrogant, and for all that is lifted up, and it shall be brought low—
13 Euen vpon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are hie and exalted, and vpon all the okes of Bashan,
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, for all the oaks of Bashan,
14 And vpon all the hie mountaines, and vpon all the hilles that are lifted vp,
14 for all the high mountains, for all the hills that are lifted up,
15 And vpon euery hie tower, and vpon euery strong wall,
15 for every lofty tower, for every fortified wall,
16 And vpon all the shippes of Tarshish, and vpon all pleasant pictures.
16 for all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery.
17 And the hautinesse of men shalbe brought low, and the loftinesse of men shalbe abased, and the Lord shall onely be exalted in that day.
17 The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the arrogance of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.
18 And the idoles will he vtterly destroy.
18 The idols shall utterly pass away.
19 Then they shall goe into the holes of the rockes, and into the caues of the earth, from before the feare of the Lord, and from the glory of his maiestie, when he shall arise to destroy the earth.
19 Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
20 At that day shall man cast away his siluer idoles, and his golden idoles (which they had made themselues to worship them) to the mowles and to the backes,
20 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,
21 To goe into the holes of the rockes, and into the toppes of the ragged rockes from before the feare of the Lord, and from the glory of his maiestie, when he shall rise to destroy the earth.
21 to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
22 Cease you from the man whose breath is in his nostrels: for wherein is he to be esteemed?
22 Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
Cross references (22)
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 …