Isaiah 2:6-4

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The Day of the Lord

⁶You, Lord, have abandoned^(A) your people,
    the descendants of Jacob.^(B)
They are full of superstitions from the East;
    they practice divination^(C) like the Philistines^(D)
    and embrace^(E) pagan customs.^(F)
⁷Their land is full of silver and gold;^(G)
    there is no end to their treasures.^(H)
Their land is full of horses;^(I)
    there is no end to their chariots.^(J)
⁸Their land is full of idols;^(K)
    they bow down^(L) to the work of their hands,^(M)
    to what their fingers^(N) have made.
⁹So people will be brought low^(O)
    and everyone humbled^(P)—
    do not forgive them.^[a]^(Q)

¹⁰Go into the rocks, hide^(R) in the ground
    from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty!^(S)
¹¹The eyes of the arrogant^(T) will be humbled^(U)
    and human pride^(V) brought low;^(W)
the Lord alone will be exalted^(X) in that day.^(Y)

¹²The Lord Almighty has a day^(Z) in store
    for all the proud^(AA) and lofty,^(AB)
for all that is exalted^(AC)
    (and they will be humbled),^(AD)
¹³for all the cedars of Lebanon,^(AE) tall and lofty,^(AF)
    and all the oaks of Bashan,^(AG)
¹⁴for all the towering mountains
    and all the high hills,^(AH)
¹⁵for every lofty tower^(AI)
    and every fortified wall,^(AJ)
¹⁶for every trading ship^[b]^(AK)
    and every stately vessel.
¹⁷The arrogance of man will be brought low^(AL)
    and human pride humbled;^(AM)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,^(AN)
¹⁸    and the idols^(AO) will totally disappear.^(AP)

¹⁹People will flee to caves^(AQ) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground^(AR)
from the fearful presence^(AS) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(AT)
    when he rises to shake the earth.^(AU)
²⁰In that day^(AV) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats^(AW)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,^(AX)
    which they made to worship.^(AY)
²¹They will flee to caverns in the rocks^(AZ)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(BA)
    when he rises^(BB) to shake the earth.^(BC)

²²Stop trusting in mere humans,^(BD)
who have but a breath^(BE) in their nostrils.
Why hold them in esteem?^(BF)

Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah

3 See now, the Lord,
    the Lord Almighty,
is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah
    both supply and support:^(BG)
all supplies of food^(BH) and all supplies of water,^(BI)
²    the hero and the warrior,^(BJ)
the judge and the prophet,
    the diviner^(BK) and the elder,^(BL)
³the captain of fifty^(BM) and the man of rank,^(BN)
    the counselor, skilled craftsman^(BO) and clever enchanter.^(BP)

⁴“I will make mere youths their officials;
children will rule over them.”^(BQ)

⁵People will oppress each other—
man against man, neighbor against neighbor.^(BR)
The young will rise up against the old,
the nobody against the honored.

⁶A man will seize one of his brothers
    in his father’s house, and say,
“You have a cloak, you be our leader;
    take charge of this heap of ruins!”
⁷But in that day^(BS) he will cry out,
    “I have no remedy.^(BT)
I have no food^(BU) or clothing in my house;
    do not make me the leader of the people.”^(BV)

⁸Jerusalem staggers,
    Judah is falling;^(BW)
their words^(BX) and deeds^(BY) are against the Lord,
    defying^(BZ) his glorious presence.
⁹The look on their faces testifies^(CA) against them;
    they parade their sin like Sodom;^(CB)
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    They have brought disaster^(CC) upon themselves.

¹⁰Tell the righteous it will be well^(CD) with them,
    for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.^(CE)
¹¹Woe to the wicked!^(CF)
    Disaster^(CG) is upon them!
They will be paid back^(CH)
    for what their hands have done.^(CI)

¹²Youths^(CJ) oppress my people,
women rule over them.
My people, your guides lead you astray;^(CK)
they turn you from the path.

¹³The Lord takes his place in court;^(CL)
    he rises to judge^(CM) the people.
¹⁴The Lord enters into judgment^(CN)
    against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
    the plunder^(CO) from the poor^(CP) is in your houses.
¹⁵What do you mean by crushing my people^(CQ)
    and grinding^(CR) the faces of the poor?”^(CS)
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.^(CT)

¹⁶The Lord says,
    “The women of Zion^(CU) are haughty,
walking along with outstretched necks,^(CV)
    flirting with their eyes,
strutting along with swaying hips,
    with ornaments jingling on their ankles.
¹⁷Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;
    the Lord will make their scalps bald.^(CW)”

¹⁸In that day^(CX) the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,^(CY) ¹⁹the earrings and bracelets^(CZ) and veils,^(DA) ²⁰the headdresses^(DB) and anklets and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, ²¹the signet rings and nose rings,^(DC) ²²the fine robes and the capes and cloaks,^(DD) the purses ²³and mirrors, and the linen garments^(DE) and tiaras^(DF) and shawls.

²⁴Instead of fragrance^(DG) there will be a stench;^(DH)
    instead of a sash,^(DI) a rope;
instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;^(DJ)
    instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;^(DK)
    instead of beauty,^(DL) branding.^(DM)
²⁵Your men will fall by the sword,^(DN)
    your warriors in battle.^(DO)
²⁶The gates^(DP) of Zion will lament and mourn;^(DQ)
    destitute,^(DR) she will sit on the ground.^(DS)

4 ¹In that day^(DT) seven women
    will take hold of one man^(DU)
and say, “We will eat our own food^(DV)
    and provide our own clothes;
only let us be called by your name.
    Take away our disgrace!”^(DW)

The Branch of the Lord

²In that day^(DX) the Branch of the Lord^(DY) will be beautiful^(DZ) and glorious, and the fruit^(EA) of the land will be the pride and glory^(EB) of the survivors^(EC) in Israel. ³Those who are left in Zion,^(ED) who remain^(EE) in Jerusalem, will be called holy,^(EF) all who are recorded^(EG) among the living in Jerusalem. ⁴The Lord will wash away the filth^(EH) of the women of Zion;^(EI) he will cleanse^(EJ) the bloodstains^(EK) from Jerusalem by a spirit^[c] of judgment^(EL) and a spirit^[d] of fire.^(EM) ⁵Then the Lord will create^(EN) over all of Mount Zion^(EO) and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night;^(EP) over everything the glory^[e]^(EQ) will be a canopy.^(ER) ⁶It will be a shelter^(ES) and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge^(ET) and hiding place from the storm^(EU) and rain.