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Isaiah 1:21-2:22
New International Version
Isaiah 1:21-2:22
New International Version
21 See how the faithful city
has become a prostitute!(A)
She once was full of justice;
righteousness(B) used to dwell in her—
but now murderers!(C)
22 Your silver has become dross,(D)
your choice wine is diluted with water.
23 Your rulers are rebels,(E)
partners with thieves;(F)
they all love bribes(G)
and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
the widow’s case does not come before them.(H)
24 Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
the Mighty One(I) of Israel, declares:
“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes
and avenge(J) myself on my enemies.(K)
25 I will turn my hand against you;[a](L)
I will thoroughly purge(M) away your dross(N)
and remove all your impurities.(O)
26 I will restore your leaders as in days of old,(P)
your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called(Q)
the City of Righteousness,(R)
the Faithful City.(S)”
27 Zion will be delivered with justice,
her penitent(T) ones with righteousness.(U)
28 But rebels and sinners(V) will both be broken,
and those who forsake(W) the Lord will perish.(X)
29 “You will be ashamed(Y) because of the sacred oaks(Z)
in which you have delighted;
you will be disgraced because of the gardens(AA)
that you have chosen.
30 You will be like an oak with fading leaves,(AB)
like a garden without water.
31 The mighty man will become tinder
and his work a spark;
both will burn together,
with no one to quench the fire.(AC)”
The Mountain of the Lord(AD)
2 This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:(AE)
2 In the last days(AF)
the mountain(AG) of the Lord’s temple will be established
as the highest of the mountains;(AH)
it will be exalted(AI) above the hills,
and all nations will stream to it.(AJ)
3 Many peoples(AK) will come and say,
“Come, let us go(AL) up to the mountain(AM) of the Lord,
to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(AN) will go out from Zion,
the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.(AO)
4 He will judge(AP) between the nations
and will settle disputes(AQ) for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.(AR)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,(AS)
nor will they train for war anymore.
The Day of the Lord
6 You, Lord, have abandoned(AV) your people,
the descendants of Jacob.(AW)
They are full of superstitions from the East;
they practice divination(AX) like the Philistines(AY)
and embrace(AZ) pagan customs.(BA)
7 Their land is full of silver and gold;(BB)
there is no end to their treasures.(BC)
Their land is full of horses;(BD)
there is no end to their chariots.(BE)
8 Their land is full of idols;(BF)
they bow down(BG) to the work of their hands,(BH)
to what their fingers(BI) have made.
9 So people will be brought low(BJ)
and everyone humbled(BK)—
do not forgive them.[b](BL)
10 Go into the rocks, hide(BM) in the ground
from the fearful presence of the Lord
and the splendor of his majesty!(BN)
11 The eyes of the arrogant(BO) will be humbled(BP)
and human pride(BQ) brought low;(BR)
the Lord alone will be exalted(BS) in that day.(BT)
12 The Lord Almighty has a day(BU) in store
for all the proud(BV) and lofty,(BW)
for all that is exalted(BX)
(and they will be humbled),(BY)
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,(BZ) tall and lofty,(CA)
and all the oaks of Bashan,(CB)
14 for all the towering mountains
and all the high hills,(CC)
15 for every lofty tower(CD)
and every fortified wall,(CE)
16 for every trading ship[c](CF)
and every stately vessel.
17 The arrogance of man will be brought low(CG)
and human pride humbled;(CH)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,(CI)
18 and the idols(CJ) will totally disappear.(CK)
19 People will flee to caves(CL) in the rocks
and to holes in the ground(CM)
from the fearful presence(CN) of the Lord
and the splendor of his majesty,(CO)
when he rises to shake the earth.(CP)
20 In that day(CQ) people will throw away
to the moles and bats(CR)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,(CS)
which they made to worship.(CT)
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks(CU)
and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
and the splendor of his majesty,(CV)
when he rises(CW) to shake the earth.(CX)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:25 That is, against Jerusalem
- Isaiah 2:9 Or not raise them up
- Isaiah 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish
Isaiah 1:21-2:22
King James Version
Isaiah 1:21-2:22
King James Version
21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
24 Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
2 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.
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:
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 the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
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 Lord 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:
13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
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 Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
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 glory 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.
22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?
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