Walk in the Light of the Lord – Isaiah 2:1-21
2 This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. (2) In the last days the mountain of Jehovah’s temple will be established as chief among the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow to it. (3) Many peoples will come and say, Come, let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths—for the law will go out from Zion, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem. (4) He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes among many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war any more. (5) O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of Jehovah.
(6) You have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of the customs of the East and practice divination like the Philistines. They clasp hands with the children of foreigners, making covenants with them. (7) Their land is full of silver and gold, there is no end to their treasures. Their land also is full of war horses, neither is there any numbering of their chariots. (8) And their land is full of idols. They bow down to the work of their own hands, they bow down to what their fingers have made. (9) The common man bows down, and the man of high position humbles himself—therefore do not forgive them.
(10) Go among the rocks, and hide yourself in the dust, from the terror of Jehovah and from the glory of his majesty. (11) The arrogant looks of man will be brought low, and the lofty pride of men will be humbled, and Jehovah alone will be exalted on that day. (12) Jehovah of hosts has a day in store for all that is proud and arrogant, for all that is exalted—and they will be humbled. (13) Jehovah of hosts has a day in store for all the cedars of Lebanon that are tall and lofty, and for all the oaks of Bashan; (14) for all the towering mountains, and all the high hills; (15) for every lofty tower, and every fortified wall; (16) for all the merchant ships that sail to Tarshish, and every stately vessel. (17) The arrogance of man shall be brought low, and the pride of man shall be humbled; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted on that day—(18) and the idols will totally disappear. (19) Men will flee to the caves in the rocks and to the holes in the ground from the terror of Jehovah and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to mightily shake the earth. (20) On that day men will throw away to the rodents and to the bats their idols of silver and their idols of gold that they made to worship, (21) in order to flee to the caverns in the rocks and to the overhanging crags from the terror of Jehovah and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to mightily shake the earth.
Now proceed to the next section of this study, entitled, Exploring the Passage.
