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The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
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The Message Isaiah got regarding Judah and Jerusalem:
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This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
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The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
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This is another vision that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
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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.
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There's a day coming when the mountain of GOD's House Will be The Mountain--solid, towering over all mountains. All nations will river toward it, people from all over set out for it.
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In the last days the mountain of the LORD's temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
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Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the LORD's house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it.
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In the last days, the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem will become the most important place on earth. People from all over the world will go there to worship.
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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.
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They'll say, "Come, let's climb GOD's Mountain, go to the House of the God of Jacob. He'll show us the way he works so we can live the way we're made." Zion's the source of the revelation. GOD's Message comes from Jerusalem.
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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. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths." The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
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Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths." For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
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Many nations will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Temple of the God of Israel. There he will teach us his ways, so that we may obey him." For in those days the LORD's teaching and his word will go out from Jerusalem.
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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.
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He'll settle things fairly between nations. He'll make things right between many peoples. They'll turn their swords into shovels, their spears into hoes. No more will nation fight nation; they won't play war anymore.
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He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.
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He shall judge between the nations, And rebuke many people; They shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war anymore.
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The LORD will settle international disputes. All the nations will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. All wars will stop, and military training will come to an end.
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O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
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Come, family of Jacob, let's live in the light of GOD.
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Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
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O house of Jacob, come and let us walk In the light of the LORD.
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Come, people of Israel, let us walk in the light of the LORD!
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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.
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GOD, you've walked out on your family Jacob because their world is full of hokey religion, Philistine witchcraft, and pagan hocus-pocus,
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You have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob. They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and clasp hands with pagans.
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For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with eastern ways; They are soothsayers like the Philistines, And they are pleased with the children of foreigners.
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The LORD has rejected the people of Israel because they have made alliances with foreigners from the East who practice magic and divination, just like the Philistines.
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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:
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a world rolling in wealth, Stuffed with things, no end to its machines and gadgets,
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Their land is full of silver and gold; there is no end to their treasures. Their land is full of horses; there is no end to their chariots.
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Their land is also full of silver and gold, And there is no end to their treasures; Their land is also full of horses, And there is no end to their chariots.
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Israel has vast treasures of silver and gold and many horses and chariots.
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Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
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And gods--gods of all sorts and sizes. These people make their own gods and worship what they make.
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Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
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Their land is also full of idols; They worship the work of their own hands, That which their own fingers have made.
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The land is filled with idols. The people bow down and worship these things they have made.
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And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
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A degenerate race, facedown in the gutter. Don't bother with them! They're not worth forgiving!
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So man will be brought low and mankind humbled- do not forgive them.
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People bow down, And each man humbles himself; Therefore do not forgive them.
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So now everyone will be humbled and brought low. The LORD cannot simply ignore their sins!
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Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
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Head for the hills, hide in the caves From the terror of GOD, from his dazzling presence.
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Go into the rocks, hide in the ground from dread of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty!
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Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty.
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Crawl into caves in the rocks. Hide from the terror of the LORD and the glory of his majesty.
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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.
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People with a big head are headed for a fall, pretentious egos brought down a peg. It's GOD alone at front-and-center on the Day we're talking about,
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The eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled and the pride of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
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The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
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The day is coming when your pride will be brought low and the LORD alone will be exalted.
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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:
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The Day that GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies is matched against all big-talking rivals, against all swaggering big names;
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The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled),
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For the day of the LORD of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up-- And it shall be brought low--
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In that day the LORD Almighty will punish the proud, bringing them down to the dust.
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And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
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Against all giant sequoias hugely towering, and against the expansive chestnut;
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for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, and all the oaks of Bashan,
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Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, And upon all the oaks of Bashan;
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He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon and the mighty oaks of Bashan.
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And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
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Against Kilimanjaro and Annapurna, against the ranges of Alps and Andes;
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for all the towering mountains and all the high hills,
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Upon all the high mountains, And upon all the hills that are lifted up;
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He will level the high mountains and hills.
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And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
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Against every soaring skyscraper, against all proud obelisks and statues;
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for every lofty tower and every fortified wall,
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Upon every high tower, And upon every fortified wall;
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He will break down every high tower and wall.
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And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
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Against ocean-going luxury liners, against elegant three-masted schooners.
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for every trading ship and every stately vessel.
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Upon all the ships of Tarshish, And upon all the beautiful sloops.
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He will destroy the great trading ships and all the small boats in the harbor.
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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.
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The swelled big heads will be punctured bladders, the pretentious egos brought down to earth, Leaving GOD alone at front-and-center on the Day we're talking about.
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The arrogance of man will be brought low and the pride of men humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
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The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; The LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
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The arrogance of all people will be brought low. Their pride will lie in the dust. The LORD alone will be exalted!
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And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
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And all those sticks and stones dressed up to look like gods will be gone for good.
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and the idols will totally disappear.
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But the idols He shall utterly abolish.
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Idols will be utterly abolished and destroyed.
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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.
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Clamber into caves in the cliffs, duck into any hole you can find. Hide from the terror of GOD, from his dazzling presence, When he assumes his full stature on earth, towering and terrifying.
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Men will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from dread of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.
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They shall go into the holes of the rocks, And into the caves of the earth, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily.
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When the LORD rises to shake the earth, his enemies will crawl with fear into holes in the ground. They will hide in caves in the rocks from the terror of the LORD and the glory of his majesty.
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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;
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On that Day men and women will take the sticks and stones They've decked out in gold and silver to look like gods and then worshiped, And they will dump them in any ditch or gully,
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In that day men will throw away to the rodents and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made to worship.
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In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver And his idols of gold, Which they made, each for himself to worship, To the moles and bats,
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They will abandon their gold and silver idols to the moles and bats.
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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.
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Then run for rock caves and cliff hideouts To hide from the terror of GOD, from his dazzling presence, When he assumes his full stature on earth, towering and terrifying.
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They will flee to caverns in the rocks and to the overhanging crags from dread of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.
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To go into the clefts of the rocks, And into the crags of the rugged rocks, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily.
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They will crawl into caverns and hide among the jagged rocks at the tops of cliffs. In this way, they will try to escape the terror of the LORD and the glory of his majesty as he rises to shake the earth.
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Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
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Quit scraping and fawning over mere humans, so full of themselves, so full of hot air! Can't you see there's nothing to them?
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Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
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Sever yourselves from such a man, Whose breath is in his nostrils; For of what account is he?
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Stop putting your trust in mere humans. They are as frail as breath. How can they be of help to anyone?
