| English Standard 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: |
| 2It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the 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. |
| 3and many peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may 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 shall decide disputes for 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 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, 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 rejected your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of things from the east and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines, and they strike hands 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 filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; their land is filled with 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 filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made. | 8Their land is full of idols; the people worship things they have made with their own hands. |
| 9So man is humbled, and each one is brought low— 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 before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor 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 haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the LORD alone will 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 LORD of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is 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. |
| 13against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up; and against all the oaks of Bashan; | 13He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon and all the mighty oaks of Bashan. |
| 14against all the lofty mountains, and against all the uplifted hills; | 14He will level all the high mountains and all the lofty hills. |
| 15against every high tower, and against every fortified wall; | 15He will break down every high tower and every fortified wall. |
| 16against all the ships of Tarshish, and against all the beautiful craft. | 16He will destroy all the great trading ships and every magnificent vessel. |
| 17And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled, and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low, and 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. |
| 18And the idols shall utterly pass away. | 18Idols will completely disappear. |
| 19And people shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth. | 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 mankind will cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the 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 enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth. | 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. |
| 22Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he? | 22Don’t put your trust in mere humans. They are as frail as breath. What good are they? |
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