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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 2 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Isaiah 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/1.htm" title="Isaiah 1">◄</a> Isaiah 2 <a href="../isaiah/3.htm" title="Isaiah 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Everlasting Peace</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MIC 4:1-3">Micah 4.1-3</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v23_2_1"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.1" class="v23_2_1">1</span>Here is the message which God gave to Isaiah son of Amoz about Judah and Jerusalem:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_2_2"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.2" class="v23_2_2">2</span>In days to come</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_2_2">the mountain where the Temple stands</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_2_2">will be the highest one of all,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_2_2">towering above all the hills.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_2_2">Many nations will come streaming to it,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_2_3"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.3" class="v23_2_3">3</span>and their people will say,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_2_3">“Let us go up the hill of the <span class="nd">Lord</span>,<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.2.3!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_2_3">to the Temple of Israel's God.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_2_3">He will teach us what he wants us to do;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_2_3">we will walk in the paths he has chosen.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_2_3">For the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s teaching comes from Jerusalem;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_2_3">from Zion he speaks to his people.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_2_4"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.4" class="v23_2_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.2.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> He will settle disputes among great nations.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_2_4">They will hammer their swords into plows</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_2_4">and their spears into pruning knives.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_2_4">Nations will never again go to war,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_2_4">never prepare for battle again.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_2_5"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.5" class="v23_2_5">5</span>Now, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light which the <span class="nd">Lord</span> gives us!</span></p><h3 class="s">Arrogance Will Be Destroyed</h3><p class="par"><span class="v23_2_6"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.6" class="v23_2_6">6</span>O God, you have forsaken your people, the descendants of Jacob! The land is full of magic practices from the East and from Philistia.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.2.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> The people follow foreign customs. </span><span class="v23_2_7"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.7" class="v23_2_7">7</span>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. </span><span class="v23_2_8"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.8" class="v23_2_8">8</span>Their land is full of idols, and they worship objects that they have made with their own hands.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_2_9"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.9" class="v23_2_9">9</span>Everyone will be humiliated and disgraced. Do not forgive them, <span class="nd">Lord</span>!</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_2_10"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.10" class="v23_2_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.2.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> They will hide in caves in the rocky hills or dig holes in the ground to try to escape from the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s anger and to hide from his power and glory! </span><span class="v23_2_11"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.11" class="v23_2_11">11</span>A day is coming when human pride will be ended and human arrogance destroyed. Then the <span class="nd">Lord</span> alone will be exalted. </span><span class="v23_2_12"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.12" class="v23_2_12">12</span>On that day the <span class="nd">Lord</span> Almighty will humble everyone who is powerful, everyone who is proud and conceited. </span><span class="v23_2_13"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.13" class="v23_2_13">13</span>He will destroy the tall cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks in the land of Bashan. </span><span class="v23_2_14"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.14" class="v23_2_14">14</span>He will level the high mountains and hills, </span><span class="v23_2_15"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.15" class="v23_2_15">15</span>every high tower, and the walls of every fortress. </span><span class="v23_2_16"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.16" class="v23_2_16">16</span>He will sink even the largest and most beautiful ships. </span><span class="v23_2_17"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.17-Isa.2.18" class="v23_2_17">17-18</span>Human pride will be ended, and human arrogance will be destroyed. Idols will completely disappear, and the <span class="nd">Lord</span> alone will be exalted on that day.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_2_19"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.19" class="v23_2_19">19</span>People will hide in caves in the rocky hills or dig holes in the ground to try to escape from the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s anger and to hide from his power and glory, when he comes to shake the earth. </span><span class="v23_2_20"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.20" class="v23_2_20">20</span>When that day comes, they will throw away the gold and silver idols they have made, and abandon them to the moles and the bats. </span><span class="v23_2_21"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.21" class="v23_2_21">21</span>When the <span class="nd">Lord</span> comes to shake the earth, people will hide in holes and caves in the rocky hills to try to escape from his anger and to hide from his power and glory.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_2_22"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.2.22" class="v23_2_22">22</span>Put no more confidence in mortals. What are they worth?</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.3: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">hill of the <char style="nd">Lord</char>: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Mount Zion, the hill in Jerusalem which formed part of the area on which the Temple was built.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.6: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">The land … Philistia; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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