Isaiah 2
The Mountain of the Lord
1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
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.
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.
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. Judgment: Isaiah 9:7, 1 Samuel 2:10, Psalms 82:8, Micah 4:3, Revelation 19:11. Word: Hosea 2:18, Joel 3:10. Parallel theme: Isaiah 32:18, Psalms 46:9, Zechariah 9:10 +5
The Day of the Lord
5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
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.
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: Parallel theme: Isaiah 30:16, 31:1, Psalms 20:7, Micah 5:10
8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: Worship: Revelation 9:20. Creation: Jeremiah 2:28. Parallel theme: Isaiah 37:19
9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. Parallel theme: Isaiah 5:15, 27:11, Joshua 24:19, Nehemiah 4:5, Mark 3:29, Romans 3:23
10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORDLord: יְהוָה / אֲדֹנָי (YHWH / Adonai). When 'LORD' appears in small capitals, it represents the Tetragrammaton YHWH (יְהוָה), God's personal covenant name meaning 'I AM.' When 'Lord' appears normally, it's Adonai (אֲדֹנָי), meaning 'my Lord,' emphasizing sovereignty. alone shall be exalted in that day.
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: References Lord: Isaiah 23:9, Proverbs 16:5, Malachi 4:1. Parallel theme: Luke 14:11
13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, Parallel theme: Isaiah 14:8
14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, Parallel theme: Isaiah 30:25, 40:4
15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORDLord: יְהוָה / אֲדֹנָי (YHWH / Adonai). When 'LORD' appears in small capitals, it represents the Tetragrammaton YHWH (יְהוָה), God's personal covenant name meaning 'I AM.' When 'Lord' appears normally, it's Adonai (אֲדֹנָי), meaning 'my Lord,' emphasizing sovereignty. alone shall be exalted in that day. References Lord: Isaiah 2:11. Parallel theme: Isaiah 13:11
18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
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 gloryGlory: כָּבוֹד (Kavod). The Hebrew kavod (כָּבוֹד) literally means 'weight' or 'heaviness,' metaphorically denoting glory, honor, or majesty. God's glory (Shekinah) filled the tabernacle (Exodus 40:34) and temple (1 Kings 8:11). of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
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;
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. Glory: Isaiah 2:10, 2:19, Exodus 33:22. Related: Song of Solomon 2:14. Parallel theme: Job 30:6
22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? Parallel theme: Isaiah 40:15, Genesis 2:7, 7:22, Job 27:3, Psalms 8:4, 62:9, 146:3, Jeremiah 17:5, James 4:14 +4