| King James Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. | 1The vision that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem: |
| 2And 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. | 2In the last days the mountain of the LORD's house will be established at the top of the mountains and will be raised above the hills. All nations will stream to it, |
| 3And 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. | 3and 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 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. |
| 4And 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. | 4He will settle disputes among the nations and provide arbitration for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plows and their spears into pruning knives. Nation will not take up the sword against nation, and they will never again train for war. |
| 5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. | 5House of Jacob, come and let us walk in the LORD's light. |
| 6Therefore 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. | 6For you have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of divination from the East and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines. They are in league with foreigners. |
| 7Their 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: | 7Their land is full of silver and gold, and there is no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, and there is no limit to their chariots. |
| 8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: | 8Their land is full of idols; they worship the work of their hands, what their fingers have made. |
| 9And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. | 9So humanity is brought low, and each person is humbled. Do not forgive them! |
| 10Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. | 10Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and from his majestic splendor. |
| 11The 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. | 11The pride of mankind will be humbled, and human loftiness will be brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted on that day. |
| 12For 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: | 12For a day belonging to the LORD of Armies is coming against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up--it will be humbled-- |
| 13And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, | 13against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan, |
| 14And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, | 14against all the high mountains, against all the lofty hills, |
| 15And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, | 15against every high tower, against every fortified wall, |
| 16And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. | 16against every ship of Tarshish, and against every splendid sea vessel. |
| 17And 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. | 17The pride of mankind will be brought low, and human loftiness will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted on that day. |
| 18And the idols he shall utterly abolish. | 18The idols will vanish completely. |
| 19And 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. | 19People will go into caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from his majestic splendor, when he rises to terrify the earth. |
| 20In 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; | 20On that day people will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made to worship, to the moles and the bats. |
| 21To 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. | 21They 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, when he rises to terrify the earth. |
| 22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? | 22Put no more trust in a mere human, who has only the breath in his nostrils. What is he really worth? |
| King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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