主必统治万邦

亚摩斯的儿子以赛亚看到以下有关犹大和耶路撒冷的异象。

在末后的日子,耶和华殿所在的山必耸立,
高过群山,超过万岭,
万族都要涌向它。
众民都必来,说:
“来吧!让我们登耶和华的山,
去雅各之上帝的殿。
祂必将祂的路指示给我们,
使我们走祂的道。”
因为训诲必出于锡安,
耶和华的话语必来自耶路撒冷。
祂必在各国施行审判,
为列邦平息纷争。
他们必将刀剑打成犁头,
把矛枪制成镰刀。
国与国不再刀兵相见,
人们不用再学习战事。
雅各家啊,来吧!
让我们走在耶和华的光中。

耶和华审判的日子

耶和华啊,你离弃了你的子民——雅各的后裔,
因为他们当中充满了东方的恶俗,
像非利士人一样占卜,
跟外族人同流合污。
他们境内金银遍地,
财宝无穷;
他们境内马匹充裕,
战车无数。
他们境内偶像林立,
他们跪拜自己用手所造的物品,
跪拜自己用指头所造之物。
他们必遭羞辱和贬抑。
耶和华啊,
求你不要赦免他们。
10 要躲进岩穴,藏入地洞,
逃避耶和华的愤怒和威荣!
11 到那日,狂妄的人将被挫败,
骄傲的人将遭贬抑;
唯独耶和华将受尊崇。
12 因为万军之耶和华已定了日子,
要惩罚一切骄傲狂妄和自高自大的人,
使他们沦为卑贱;
13 祂必毁灭黎巴嫩高大的香柏树和巴珊的橡树,
14 毁灭一切崇山峻岭,
15 毁灭高耸的城楼和坚固的城墙,
16 毁灭他施的商船和一切华美的船只。
17 到那日,狂妄的人必被挫败,
骄傲的人必遭贬抑,
唯独耶和华受尊崇。
18 偶像必被彻底铲除。
19 耶和华使大地震动的时候,
众人躲进岩穴,藏入地洞,
逃避祂的愤怒和威荣。
20 到那日,众人必把造来敬拜的金银偶像丢给田鼠和蝙蝠。
21 耶和华使大地震动的时候,
众人必躲进山洞和岩缝,
逃避祂的愤怒和威荣。
22 不要再倚靠世人,
他们的生命不过是一口气,
他们有什么值得称道的呢?

The Future House of God(A)

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

Now (B)it shall come to pass (C)in the latter days
(D)That the mountain of the Lord’s house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills;
And all nations shall flow to it.
Many people shall come and say,
(E)“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
He will teach us His ways,
And we shall walk in His paths.”
(F)For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations,
And rebuke many people;
They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning [a]hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore.

The Day of the Lord

O house of Jacob, come and let us (G)walk
In the light of the Lord.

For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob,
Because they are filled (H)with eastern ways;
They are (I)soothsayers like the Philistines,
(J)And they [b]are pleased with the children of foreigners.
(K)Their land is also full of silver and gold,
And there is no end to their treasures;
Their land is also full of horses,
And there is no end to their chariots.
(L)Their land is also full of idols;
They worship the work of their own hands,
That which their own fingers have made.
People bow down,
And each man humbles himself;
Therefore do not forgive them.

10 (M)Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust,
From the terror of the Lord
And the glory of His majesty.
11 The [c]lofty looks of man shall be (N)humbled,
The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down,
And the Lord alone shall be exalted (O)in that day.

12 For the day of the Lord of hosts
Shall come upon everything proud and lofty,
Upon everything lifted up—
And it shall be brought low—
13 Upon all (P)the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up,
And upon all the oaks of Bashan;
14 (Q)Upon all the high mountains,
And upon all the hills that are lifted up;
15 Upon every high tower,
And upon every fortified wall;
16 (R)Upon all the ships of Tarshish,
And upon all the beautiful sloops.
17 The [d]loftiness of man shall be bowed down,
And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low;
The Lord alone will be exalted in that day,
18 But the idols [e]He shall utterly abolish.

19 They shall go into the (S)holes of the rocks,
And into the caves of the [f]earth,
(T)From the terror of the Lord
And the glory of His majesty,
When He arises (U)to shake the earth mightily.

20 In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver
And his idols of gold,
Which they made, each for himself to worship,
To the moles and bats,
21 To go into the clefts of the rocks,
And into the crags of the rugged rocks,
From the terror of the Lord
And the glory of His majesty,
When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

22 (V)Sever[g] yourselves from such a man,
Whose (W)breath is in his nostrils;
For [h]of what account is he?

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:4 knives
  2. Isaiah 2:6 Or clap, shake hands to make bargains with the children
  3. Isaiah 2:11 proud
  4. Isaiah 2:17 pride
  5. Isaiah 2:18 Or shall utterly vanish
  6. Isaiah 2:19 Lit. dust
  7. Isaiah 2:22 Lit. Cease yourselves from the man
  8. Isaiah 2:22 Lit. in what is he to be esteemed

The Mountain of the Lord(A)

This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:(B)

In the last days(C)

the mountain(D) of the Lord’s temple will be established
    as the highest of the mountains;(E)
it will be exalted(F) above the hills,
    and all nations will stream to it.(G)

Many peoples(H) will come and say,

“Come, let us go(I) up to the mountain(J) 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(K) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.(L)
He will judge(M) between the nations
    and will settle disputes(N) for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.(O)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,(P)
    nor will they train for war anymore.

Come, descendants of Jacob,(Q)
    let us walk in the light(R) of the Lord.

The Day of the Lord

You, Lord, have abandoned(S) your people,
    the descendants of Jacob.(T)
They are full of superstitions from the East;
    they practice divination(U) like the Philistines(V)
    and embrace(W) pagan customs.(X)
Their land is full of silver and gold;(Y)
    there is no end to their treasures.(Z)
Their land is full of horses;(AA)
    there is no end to their chariots.(AB)
Their land is full of idols;(AC)
    they bow down(AD) to the work of their hands,(AE)
    to what their fingers(AF) have made.
So people will be brought low(AG)
    and everyone humbled(AH)
    do not forgive them.[a](AI)

10 Go into the rocks, hide(AJ) in the ground
    from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty!(AK)
11 The eyes of the arrogant(AL) will be humbled(AM)
    and human pride(AN) brought low;(AO)
the Lord alone will be exalted(AP) in that day.(AQ)

12 The Lord Almighty has a day(AR) in store
    for all the proud(AS) and lofty,(AT)
for all that is exalted(AU)
    (and they will be humbled),(AV)
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,(AW) tall and lofty,(AX)
    and all the oaks of Bashan,(AY)
14 for all the towering mountains
    and all the high hills,(AZ)
15 for every lofty tower(BA)
    and every fortified wall,(BB)
16 for every trading ship[b](BC)
    and every stately vessel.
17 The arrogance of man will be brought low(BD)
    and human pride humbled;(BE)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,(BF)
18     and the idols(BG) will totally disappear.(BH)

19 People will flee to caves(BI) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground(BJ)
from the fearful presence(BK) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(BL)
    when he rises to shake the earth.(BM)
20 In that day(BN) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats(BO)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,(BP)
    which they made to worship.(BQ)
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks(BR)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(BS)
    when he rises(BT) to shake the earth.(BU)

22 Stop trusting in mere humans,(BV)
    who have but a breath(BW) in their nostrils.
    Why hold them in esteem?(BX)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:9 Or not raise them up
  2. Isaiah 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish