1. This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
2. in the last daysthe mountain of the Lord’s temple will be establishedas the highest of the mountains;it will be exalted above the hills,and all nations will stream to it.
3. Many peoples will come and say,‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,to the temple 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.
4. He will judge between the nationsand will settle disputes for many peoples.They will beat their swords into ploughsharesand their spears into pruning hooks.Nation will not take up sword against nation,nor will they train for war any more.
5. Come, descendants of Jacob,let us walk in the light of the Lord.
6. You, Lord, have abandoned your people,the descendants of Jacob.They are full of superstitions from the East;they practise divination like the Philistinesand embrace pagan customs.
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 the chariots.
8. Their land is full of idols;they bow down to the work of their hands,to what their fingers have made.
9. So people will be brought lowand everyone humbled –do not forgive them.
10. Go into the rocks, hide in the groundfrom the fearful presence of the Lordand the splendour of his majesty!
11. The eyes of the arrogant will be humbledand human pride brought low;the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.