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     1. This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

Zion, the Royal City of God

2. In days to come,

The mountain of the LORD's house

shall be established as the highest mountain

and raised above the hills.

All nations shall stream toward it.

3. Many peoples shall come and say:

"Come, let us go up to the LORD's mountain,

to the house of the God of Jacob,

That he may instruct us in his ways,

and we may walk in his paths."

For from Zion shall go forth instruction,

and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

4. He shall judge between the nations,

and set terms for many peoples.

They shall beat their swords into plowshares

and their spears into pruning hooks;

One nation shall not raise the sword against another,

nor shall they train for war again.

5. House of Jacob, come,

let us walk in the light of the LORD!

The Lord's Day of Judgment on Pride

6. You have abandoned your people,

the house of Jacob!

Because they are filled with diviners,

and soothsayers, like the Philistines;

with foreigners they clasp hands.

7. 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.

8. Their land is full of idols;

they bow down to the works of their hands,

what their fingers have made.

9. So all shall be abased,

each one brought low.

Do not pardon them!

10. Get behind the rocks,

hide in the dust,

From the terror of the LORD

and the splendor of his majesty!

11. The eyes of human pride shal be lowered,

the arrogance of mortals shall be abased,

and the LORD alone will be exalted, on that day.

12. For the LORD of hosts will have his day

against all that is proud and arrogant,

against all that is high, and it will be brought low;

13. Yes, against all the cedars of Lebanon

and against all the oaks of Bashan,

14. Against all the lofty mountains

and all the high hills,

15. Against every lofty tower

and every fortified wall,

16. Against all the ships of Tarshish

and all stately vessels.

17. Then human pride shall be abased,

the arrogance of mortals brought low,

And the LORD alone will be exalted on that day.

18. The idols will vanish completely.

19. People will go into caves in the rocks

and into holes in the earth,

At the terror of the LORD

and the splendor of his majesty,

as he rised to overawe the earth.

20. On that day people shall throw to moles and bats

their idols of silver and their idols of gold

which they made for themselves to worship.

21. And they shall go into caverns in the rocks

and into crevices in the cliffs

At the terror of the LORD

and the splendor of his majesty,

as he rises to overawe the earth.

22. As for you, stop worrying about mortals,

in whose nostrils is but a breath;

for of what worth are they? 

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Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah

1. The Lord, the LORD of hosts,

will take away from Jerusalem and from Judah

Support and staff ──

all support of bread,

all support of water:

2. Hero and warrior,

judge and prophet, diviner and elder,

3. The captain of fifty and the nobleman,

counselor, skilled magician, and expert charmer.

4. I will place boys as their princes;

the fickle will govern them,

5. And the people will oppress one another,

yes, each one the neighbor.

The child will be insolent towared the elder,

and the base toward the honorable.

6. When anyone seizes a brother

in their father's house, saying,

"You have clothes! Be our ruler,

and take in hand this ruin!" ──

7. He will cry out in that day:

"I cannot be a healer,

when there is neither bread nor clothing in my own house!

You will not make me a ruler of the people!"

8. Jerusalem has stumbled, Judah has fallen;

for their speech and deeds affront the LORD,

a provocation in the sight of his majesty.

9. Their very look bears witness against them;

they boast of their sin like Sodom,

They do not hide it.

Woe to them!

They deal out evil to themselves.

10. Happy the just, for it will go well with them,

the fruit of their works they will eat.

11. Woe to the wicked! It will go ill with them,

with the work of their hands they will be repaid.

12. My people ── infants oppress them,

women rule over them!

My people, your leaders deceive you,

they confuse the paths you should follow.

13. The LORD rises to accuse,

stands to try his people.

14. The Lord enters into judgment

with the people's elders and princes:

You, you who have devoured the vineyard;

the loot wrested from the poor is in your houses.

15. When do you mean by crushing my people,

and grinding down the faces of the poor?

says the Lord, the GOD of hosts.

The Haughty Women of Zion

16. The LORD said:

Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,

and walk with necks outstretched,

Ogling and mincing as they go,

their anklets tinkling with every step,

17. The Lord shall cover the scalps of Zion's daughters with

scabs,

and the LORD shall lay bare their heads.

     18. On that day the LORD will do away with the finery of the anklets,

sunbursts, and crescents;

19. the pendants, bracelets, and veils;

20. the headdresses, bangles, cinctures, perfume boxes, and amulets;

21. the signet rings, and the nose rings;

22. the court dresses, wraps, cloaks, and purses;

23. the lace gowns, linen tunics, turbans, and shawls.

24. Instead of perfume there will e stench,

instead of a girdle, a rope,

And instead of elaborate coiffure, baldness;

instead of a rich gown, a sackcloth skirt.

Then, instead of beauty, shame.

25. Your men will fall by the sword,

and your champions, in war;

26. Her gates will lament and mourn,

as the city sits desolate on the ground.