Isaiah 2

haddavar asher khazah yeshayahu ben-amots al-yehudah virushalai͏m

The word that Isaiah son of Amoz prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

vehayah be'akharit hayyamim nakhon yihyeh har bet-Adonai berosh heharim venissa miggeva'ot venaharu elayw kol-haggoyim

In the days to come, The Mount of GOD’s House Shall stand firm above the mountains And tower above the hills; And all the nations Shall gaze on it with joy.

vehalekhu ammim rabbim ve'ameru lekhu vena'aleh el-har-Adonai el-bet elohe ya'aqov veyorenu midderakhayw venelekhah be'orekhotayw ki mitsiyyon tetse torah udevar-Adonai mirushalai͏m

And the many peoples shall go and say: “Come, Let us go up to the Mount of GOD, To the House of the God of Jacob; That we may be instructed in God’s ways, And that we may walk in God’s paths.” For instruction shall come forth from Zion, The word of GOD from Jerusalem.

veshafat ben haggoyim vehokhiakh le'ammim rabbim vekhittetu kharvotam le'ittim vakhanitotehem lemazmerot lo-yissa goy el-goy kherev velo-yilmedu od milkhamah

Thus [God] will judge among the nations And arbitrate for the many peoples, And they shall beat their swords into plowshares And their spears into pruning hooks: Nation shall not take up Sword against nation; They shall never again know war.

bet ya'aqov lekhu venelekhah be'or Adonai

O House of Jacob! Come, let us walk By the light of GOD.

ki natashtah ammekha bet ya'aqov ki male'u miqqedem ve'onenim kappelishtim uveyalde nokhrim yaspiqu

For you have forsaken [the ways of] your people, O House of Jacob! For they are full [of practices] from the East, And of soothsaying like the Philistines; They abound in customs of the aliens.

vattimmale artso kesef vezahav ve'en qetseh le'otserotayw vattimmale artso susim ve'en qetseh lemarkevotayw

Their land is full of silver and gold, There is no limit to their treasures; Their land is full of horses, There is no limit to their chariots.

vattimmale artso elilim lema'aseh yadayw yishtakhavu la'asher asu etsbe'otayw

And their land is full of idols; They bow down to the work of their hands, To what their own fingers have wrought.

vayyishakh adam vayyishpal-ish ve'al-tissa lahem

But human shall be humbled, And mortal brought low— Oh, do not forgive them!

bo vatsur vehittamen be'afar mippene pakhad Adonai umehadar ge'ono

Go deep into the rock, Bury yourselves in the ground, Before the terror of GOD And God’s dread majesty!

ene gavhut adam shafel veshakh rum anashim venisgav Adonai levaddo bayyom hahu

The haughty look of humans shall be brought low, And the pride of mortals shall be humbled. None but GOD shall be Exalted in that day.

ki yom la-Adonai tseva'ot al kol-ge'eh varam ve'al kol-nissa veshafel

For GOD of Hosts has ready a day Against all that is proud and arrogant, Against all that is lofty—so that it is brought low:

ve'al kol-arze hallevanon haramim vehannissa'im ve'al kol-allone habbashan

Against all the cedars of Lebanon, Tall and stately, And all the oaks of Bashan;

ve'al kol-heharim haramim ve'al kol-haggeva'ot hannissa'ot

Against all the high mountains And all the lofty hills;

ve'al kol-migdal gavoah ve'al kol-khomah vetsurah

Against every soaring tower And every mighty wall;

ve'al kol-oniyyot tarshish ve'al kol-sekhiyyot hakhemdah

Against all the ships of Tarshish And all the gallant barks.

veshakh gavhut ha'adam veshafel rum anashim venisgav Adonai levaddo bayyom hahu

Then human haughtiness shall be humbled And the pride of mortals brought low. None but GOD shall be Exalted in that day.

veha'elilim kalil yakhalof

As for idols, they shall vanish completely.

uva'u bimarot tsurim uvimkhillot afar mippene pakhad Adonai umehadar ge'ono bequmo la'arots ha'arets

And people shall enter caverns in the rock And hollows in the ground— Before the terror of GOD And God’s dread majesty, When [the Holy One] comes forth to overawe the earth.

bayyom hahu yashlikh ha'adam et elile khaspo ve'et elile zehavo asher asu-lo lehishtakhavot lakhpor perot vela'atallefim

On that day, humans shall fling away, To the flying foxes and the bats, The idols of silver And the idols of gold Which they made for worshiping.

lavo beniqrot hatsurim uvisife hassela'im mippene pakhad Adonai umehadar ge'ono bequmo la'arots ha'arets

And they shall enter the clefts in the rocks And the crevices in the cliffs, Before GOD’s terror And dread majesty, When [the Holy One] comes forth to overawe the earth.

khidlu lakhem min-ha'adam asher neshamah be'appo ki-vammeh nekhshav hu

Oh, cease to glorify human beings, Who have only a breath in their nostrils! For by what do they merit esteem?