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Mic 4:1">c</a></span> it.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Many groups of people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:3 Lit. Many peoples">d</a></span> will come, commenting,</p> <p class="poetry2">“Come! Let’s go up to<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title=" 2:3 So 1QIsaa 4QIsaf; 4QIsae MT read to the LORD’s mountain, to">e</a></span> the Temple of the God of Jacob,</p> <p class="poetry2">that they<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:3 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX, Mic 4:2; 4QIsae MT LXX read he">f</a></span> may teach us his ways.</p> <p class="poetry2">Then let’s walk in his paths.”</p> <p class="heading">The Rule of God from Jerusalem</p><p class="poetry2">“Instruction<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:3 Or For the law">g</a></span> will proceed from Zion,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He will judge between the nations,</p> <p class="poetry2">and will render verdicts<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:4 Or judgment">h</a></span> for the benefit of many.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:4 Lit. many peoples">i</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“They will beat their swords into plowshares,</p> <p class="poetry2">and their spears into pruning hooks;</p> <p class="poetry2">nations will not raise swords against nations,</p> <p class="poetry2">and they will not learn warfare anymore.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“You house of Jacob!</p> <p class="reg">Come! Let’s live<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:5 Lit. walk">j</a></span> in the LORD’s light.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For you have rejected your people,</p> <p class="poetry2">the house of Jacob,</p> <p class="poetry2">because they are filled with practices learned<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:6 1QIsaa MT lack with practices learned">k</a></span> from the East</p> <p class="poetry2">and they are fortune-tellers like the Philistines.</p> <p class="poetry2">They cut deals<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:6 Lit. They shake hands">l</a></span> with foreigners.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:6 Lit. with descendants of foreigners">m</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Their land is filled with silver and gold,</p> <p class="poetry2">and there is no end to their treasures;</p> <p class="poetry2">their land is filled with horses,</p> <p class="poetry2">and there is no end to their chariots.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Their land is filled with idols;</p> <p class="poetry2">they bow down to the work of their hands,</p> <p class="poetry2">to what their own fingers have made.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“So mankind is humbled,</p> <p class="poetry2">each human being is brought low,</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:9 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab; the Heb. lacks and">n</a></span> you won’t forgive.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:9 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab; MT reads forgive them">o</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">The Coming Day of the LORD</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:10 This v. is missing from 1QIsaa">p</a></span> “Go into the rocks!</p> <p class="poetry2">Hide in the dust</p> <p class="poetry2">to escape<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:10 Lit. from">q</a></span> the terror of the LORD</p> <p class="poetry2">and to escape<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:10 Lit. and from">r</a></span> the glory of his majesty!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:10 So MT">s</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:11 Lit. And the">t</a></span> haughty looks of mankind will be brought low,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title=":11 1QIsaa MT LXX read mankind are low">u</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">the lofty pride of human beings will be humbled,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the LORD alone will be exalted at that time.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:11 Lit. in that day">v</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“For the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has reserved<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:12 1QIsaa MT LXX lack reserved">w</a></span> a time<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title=" 2:12 Lit. day">x</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">to oppose<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:12 Lit. against">y</a></span> all who are proud and haughty,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:12 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read oppose all of the ">z</a></span> self-exalting—</p> <p class="poetry2">they will be humbled.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He will take his stand<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:13 DSS MT LXX lack He will take his stand">aa</a></span> against all the cedars<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:13 i.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family Pinaceae; and so throughout the book">bb</a></span> of Lebanon,</p> <p class="poetry2">against the proud and self-exalting;</p> <p class="poetry2">and against all the oaks of Bashan;</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>against all the high mountains,</p> <p class="poetry2">and against all the lofty hills;</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>against every high tower,</p> <p class="poetry2">and against every fortified wall;</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>against all the ships from Tarshish,</p> <p class="poetry2">and against all their impressive watercraft.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Humanity’s haughtiness will be humbled,</p> <p class="poetry2">male arrogance will be brought low,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Their<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:18 DSS MT LXX lack Their">cc</a></span> idols will utterly vanish.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:18 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads He will abolish the idols">dd</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“They will enter caverns in the rocks</p> <p class="poetry2">and holes in the ground</p> <p class="poetry2">to escape<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:19 Lit. from">ee</a></span> the presence of the terror of the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">to escape<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:19 Lit. from">ff</a></span> the splendor of his majesty</p> <p class="poetry2">when he arises to terrify the earth.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>At that time,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:20 Lit. day">gg</a></span> mankind will throw</p> <p class="poetry2">their silver and gold idols<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:20 Lit. silver idols and gold idols">hh</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">that their fingers have made<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads that they made for themselves; LXX reads that they made">ii</a></span> as objects of worship</p> <p class="poetry2">to the moles and to the bats.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>They will enter caverns in the rocks</p> <p class="poetry2">and clefts in the cliffs,</p> <p class="poetry2">to escape<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:21 Lit. from">jj</a></span> the terror of the LORD</p> <p class="poetry2">and to escape<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:21 Lit. from">kk</a></span> the splendor of his majesty,</p> <p class="poetry2">when he arises to terrorize the earth.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Stop trusting in human beings,</p> <p class="poetry2">whose life breath is in their nostrils,</p> <p class="poetry2">for what are they<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:22 Lit. what is he">ll</a></span> really worth?”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:22 LXX lacks this verse">mm</a></span> </p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 2:1 Lit. <i>observed</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 2:2 So 4QIsae MT LXX; 1QIsaa lacks <i>of mountains</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 2:2 Or <i>will flow over</i>; so 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsae 4QIsaf MT LXX read <i>will travel to</i>; cf. Mic 4:1<br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 2:3 Lit. <i>Many peoples</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 2:3 So 1QIsaa 4QIsaf; 4QIsae MT read <i>to the LORD’s mountain, to</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 2:3 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX, Mic 4:2; 4QIsae MT LXX read <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 2:3 Or <i>For the law</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 2:4 Or <i>judgment</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 2:4 Lit. <i>many peoples</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 2:5 Lit. <i>walk</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 2:6 1QIsaa MT lack <i>with practices learned</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 2:6 Lit. <i>They shake hands</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 2:6 Lit. <i>with descendants of foreigners</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 2:9 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab; the Heb. lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 2:9 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab; MT reads <i>forgive them</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 2:10 This v. is missing from 1QIsaa<br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 2:10 Lit. <i>from</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 2:10 Lit. <i>and from</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 2:10 So MT<br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 2:11 Lit. <i>And the</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> :11 1QIsaa MT LXX read <i>mankind are low</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 2:11 Lit. <i>in that day</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 2:12 1QIsaa MT LXX lack <i>reserved</i><br /><span class="fnb">x</span> 2:12 Lit. <i>day</i><br /><span class="fnb">y</span> 2:12 Lit. <i>against</i><br /><span class="fnb">z</span> 2:12 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>oppose all of the</i><br /><span class="fnb">aa</span> 2:13 DSS MT LXX lack <i>He will take his stand</i><br /><span class="fnb">bb</span> 2:13 i.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family <i>Pinaceae</i>; and so throughout the book<br /><span class="fnb">cc</span> 2:18 DSS MT LXX lack <i>Their</i><br /><span class="fnb">dd</span> 2:18 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>He will abolish the idols</i><br /><span class="fnb">ee</span> 2:19 Lit. <i>from</i><br /><span class="fnb">ff</span> 2:19 Lit. <i>from</i><br /><span class="fnb">gg</span> 2:20 Lit. <i>day</i><br /><span class="fnb">hh</span> 2:20 Lit. <i>silver idols and gold idols</i><br /><span class="fnb">ii</span> 2:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>that they made for themselves</i>; LXX reads <i>that they made</i><br /><span class="fnb">jj</span> 2:21 Lit. <i>from</i><br /><span class="fnb">kk</span> 2:21 Lit. <i>from</i><br /><span class="fnb">ll</span> 2:22 Lit. <i>what is he</i><br /><span class="fnb">mm</span> 2:22 LXX lacks this verse<br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/isaiah/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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