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Isaiah
Chapter 02
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 Jehovah/God'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.
{Note: "In the last days" indicates that this is a prophecy of the FUTURE. In the Millennial reign of Jesus Christ, people will love God and desire to study the Word and learn His righteous Ways and to then operate under those Ways. Jesus said there would be wars and rumors of wars until He returned. Once He returns, swords will be turned into plowshares because wars have THEN ended. Not now! We MUST keep remembering there is a time for all things.}
3
And many people shall go and say,
'Come
you, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah/God,
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 Jehovah/God 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 pruning-hooks . . .
nation
shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither
shall they learn war any more.
5
O house of Jacob, come you,
and
let us Walk in the light of Jehovah/God.
6
Therefore you have forsaken your people the house of Jacob,
because
they be replenished from the east,
and
are soothsayers like the Philistines,
and
they please in themselves/'cause to strike' {caphaq}
{caphaq - hiphil imperfect tense - a picture of discipling
the children of others - maybe slavery is in view}
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 bows down,
and
the great man humbles himself.
Therefore forgive them not.
10
Enter into the rock,
and
hide you in the dust . . .
for
fear/respect of Jehovah/God . . .
and
for the glory of His majesty.
11
The 'lofty looks'/arrogance of man shall be humbled,
and
the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down,
and
Jehovah/God alone shall be exalted in that day.
{Note: Isaiah is saying that false gods and arrogant men will seem to prevail throughout history until Jesus Christ returns. In that day, they will be humbled.}
12
For the day of Jehovah/God of the armies/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
Jehovah/God 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 Jehovah/God,
and
for the glory of His majesty,
when
He arises 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 Jehovah/God,
and
for the glory of His majesty,
when
He arises to shake terribly the earth.
22
Cease you from man,
whose
breath is in His nostrils . . .
for
wherein is He to be accounted of?
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