The City of Peace
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and many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob.(F)
He will teach us about His ways
so that we may walk in His paths.”
For instruction will go out of Zion
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
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“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob.(F)
He will teach us about His ways
so that we may walk in His paths.”
For instruction will go out of Zion
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
The Day of the Lord
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Human pride(d) will be humbled,(T)
and the loftiness of men will be brought low;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
and the loftiness of men will be brought low;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
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For a day belonging to the Lord of Hosts is coming
against all that is proud and lofty,(U)
against all that is lifted up—it will be humbled—
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17 against all that is proud and lofty,(U)
against all that is lifted up—it will be humbled—
So human pride will be brought low,
and the loftiness of men will be humbled;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.(AA)
18 and the loftiness of men will be humbled;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.(AA)
The idols will vanish completely.
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On that day people will throw
their silver and gold idols,(AD)
which they made to worship,
to the moles and the bats.
21 their silver and gold idols,(AD)
which they made to worship,
to the moles and the bats.
They will go into the caves of the rocks
and the crevices in the cliffs,
away from the terror of the Lord
and from His majestic splendor,(AE)
when He rises to terrify the earth.
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and the crevices in the cliffs,
away from the terror of the Lord
and from His majestic splendor,(AE)
when He rises to terrify the earth.
Footnotes:
a.
Isaiah 2:6: Or They teem, or They partner; Hb obscure
b.
Isaiah 2:7: Lit Its
c.
Isaiah 2:7: the house of Jacob
d.
Isaiah 2:11: Lit Mankind’s proud eyes
Cross references:
AA.
Isaiah 2:17:
Matthew 25:13
AB.
Isaiah 2:19:
Isaiah 2:10
AC.
Isaiah 2:19:
Psalm 18:7; Isaiah 13:13; Isaiah 24:1; Isaiah 24:19-20; Haggai 2:6-7; Hebrews 12:26
AE.
Isaiah 2:21:
Isaiah 2:10