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 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?

1The word that Isaiah, the sonne of Amoz, sawe concerning Iudah and Ierusalem.

2And it shall come to passe in the last dayes, that the mountaine of the Lords house shall be established in the top of the mountaines, and shall be exalted aboue the hilles; and all nations shall flow vnto it.

3And many people shall goe & say; Come yee and let vs go vp to the mountaine of the Lord, to the house of the God of Iacob, and he will teach vs of his wayes, and we will walke in his pathes: for out of Zion shall goe forth the lawe, and the word of the Lord from Ierusalem.

4And hee shall iudge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beate their swords into plow-shares, and their speares into pruning hookes: nation shall not lift vp sword against nation, neither shall they learne warre any more.

5O house of Iacob, come yee, and let vs walke in the light of the Lord.

6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Iacob; because they be replenished from the East, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselues in the children of strangers.

7Their land also is full of siluer and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures: their land is also full of horses; neither is there any end of their charets.

8Their land also is full of idoles: they worship the worke of their owne hands, that which their owne fingers haue made.

9And the meane man boweth downe, and the great man humbleth himselfe; therefore forgiue them not.

10 Enter into the rocke, and hide thee in the dust, for feare of the Lord, and for the glory of his Maiestie.

11The loftie lookes of man shalbe humbled, and the hautines of men shalbe bowed downe: and the Lord alone shalbe exalted in that day.

12For the day of the Lord of hostes shall bee vpon euery one that is proud and loftie, and vpon euery one that is lifted vp, and he shalbe brought low;

13And vpon all the Cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted vp; and vpon all the okes of Bashan,

14And vpon all the high mountaines, and vpon all the hilles that are lifted vp,

15And vpon euery high tower, and vpon euery fenced wall,

16And vpon all the ships of Tarshish, and vpon all pleasant pictures.

17And the loftinesse of man shall be bowed downe, and the hautinesse of men shalbe made low: and the Lord alone shalbe exalted in that day.

18And the idoles hee shall vtterly abolish.

19And they shall goe into the holes of the rocks, and into the caues of the earth for feare of the Lord, and for the glory of his Maiestie; when hee ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

20In that day a man shall cast his idoles of siluer, and his idoles of golde which they made each one for himselfe to worship, to the moules and to the battes:

21To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rockes, for feare of the Lord, and for the glorie of his Maiestie; when hee ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

22Cease ye from man whose breath is in his nostrels: for wherein is hee to be accounted of?

II == Gen 49:1 ; Ps 68:15-16 ; 72:8 ; Isa 27:13 ; Jer 23:20 ; Mic 4:1

 

 

III == Jer 31:6 ; 50:5 ; Zech 8:21 , 23 ; Luke 24:47

 

 

 

IV == Ps 46:9 ; 72:3 , 7 ; Hos 2:18 ; Zech 9:10

 

 

 

VI == Num 23:7 ; Deut 18:14 ; Ps 106:35 ; Jer 10:2

 

 

 

 

Vii == Deut 17:16-17

 

 

VIII == Jer 2:28

 

 

 

X == Isa 2:19 , 21 ; Rev 6:15

 

XI == Isa 4:1 ; 5:15-16 ; 52:6 ; Jer 30:7-8 ; Ezek 38:14 , 19

 

 

 

 

XIII == Isa 14:8 ; 37:24 ; Ezek 31:3 ; Zech 11:1-2

XIV == Isa 30:25

 

XVI == 1st Kings 10:22

XVII == Isa 2:1 , 11

 

 

XIX == Isa 2:10 ; 30:32 ; Hag 2:6 , 21 ; Luke 23:30 ; 2nd Thess 1:9 ; Heb 12:26 ; Rev 6:16 ; 9:6

 

XX == Isa 30:22 ; 31:7

 

XXI == Isa 2:10 , 19

 

 

XXII == Job 27:3 ; Ps 146:3 ; Jer 17:5

 

 

 

 

 

1 This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

2 In days to come, The mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills. All nations shall stream toward it;

3 many peoples shall come and say: "Come, let us climb the LORD'S mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths." For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

4 He shall judge between the nations, and impose terms on many peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again.

5 O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD!

6 You have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with fortunetellers and soothsayers, like the Philistines; they covenant with strangers.

7 Their land is full of silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; Their land is full of horses, and there is no end to their chariots.

8 Their land is full of idols; they worship the works of their hands, that which their fingers have made.

9 But man is abased, each one brought low. (Do not pardon them!)

10 Get behind the rocks, hide in the dust, From the terror of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty!

11 The haughty eyes of man will be lowered, the arrogance of men will be abased, and the LORD alone will be exalted, on that day.

12 For the LORD of hosts will have his day against all that is proud and arrogant, all that is high, and it will be brought low;

13 Yes, against all the cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks of Bashan,

14 Against all the lofty mountains and all the high hills,

15 Against every lofty tower and every fortified wall,

16 Against all the ships of Tarshish and all stately vessels.

17 Human pride will be abased, the arrogance of men brought low, And the LORD alone will be exalted, on that day.

18 The idols will perish forever.

19 Men will go into caves in the rocks and into holes in the earth, From the terror of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he arises to overawe the earth.

20 On that day men will throw to the moles and the bats the idols of silver and gold which they made for worship.

21 They go into caverns in the rocks and into crevices in the cliffs, From the terror of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he arises to overawe the earth.

22 As for you, let man alone, in whose nostrils is but a breath; for what is he worth?

v 1-5. Prophets were sometimes called seers, because of the divinely given power to see or foretell the future. Isaiah had personally seen this vision which God also gave to Micah, Mic. 4:1-3, 5. Isaiah simply says in the “last days”, but other Scriptures make it clear that this is in the Millennium because of His covenant promises. The mountain, or kingdom will be at Jerusalem, and people of all nations will flock there to be taught the ways and law of the Lord. There will be universal peace because of the presence of the Lord, so no need of military equipment, the opposite of Joel 3:10.  Isaiah urges a walk with the Lord now, not wait for the Millennium.

 

 

 

 

 

v 6-9. Israel was following the wicked practices of surrounding nations including Philistine soothsayers. They didn’t need to go to them for the future, God had already told them. They attributed their wealth to their own works and to calling upon idols, so Isaiah asks the Lord not to forgive them.

 

 

 

 

 

v 10,11. The exalting of the Lord looks toward their Assyrian and Babylonian captivities as well as the days of the Millennium.

 

 

v 12-18. The term “Lord of Hosts”, v 12, is used 62 times in the book of Isaiah. All men and governments will be humbled in that day, which looks beyond the capture by Babylon to the Second Advent of Christ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

v 19-22. In the day of the Lord’s vengeance people will discard their costly idols and try to flee to caves to escape from the Lord. Isaiah urges quitting trust in man.