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Texts -- Isaiah 2:1-19 (NET)

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The Future Glory of Jerusalem
2:1 Here is the message about Judah and Jerusalem that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz . 2:2 In the future the mountain of the Lord’s temple will endure as the most important of mountains , and will be the most prominent of hills . All the nations will stream to it, 2:3 many peoples will come and say , “Come , let us go up to the Lord’s mountain , to the temple of the God of Jacob , so he can teach us his requirements , and we can follow his standards .” For Zion will be the center for moral instruction ; the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem . 2:4 He will judge disputes between nations ; he will settle cases for many peoples . They will beat their swords into plowshares , and their spears into pruning hooks . Nations will not take up the sword against other nations , and they will no longer train for war . 2:5 O descendants of Jacob , come , let us walk in the Lord’s guiding light .
The Lord’s Day of Judgment
2:6 Indeed , O Lord, you have abandoned your people , the descendants of Jacob . For diviners from the east are everywhere; they consult omen readers like the Philistines do. Plenty of foreigners are around . 2:7 Their land is full of gold and silver ; there is no end to their wealth . Their land is full of horses ; there is no end to their chariots . 2:8 Their land is full of worthless idols ; they worship the product of their own hands , what their own fingers have fashioned . 2:9 Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship . Don’t spare them! 2:10 Go up into the rocky cliffs , hide in the ground . Get away from the dreadful judgment of the Lord , from his royal splendor ! 2:11 Proud men will be brought low , arrogant men will be humiliated ; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day . 2:12 Indeed , the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty , for all who are proud – they will be humiliated ; 2:13 for all the cedars of Lebanon , that are so high and mighty , for all the oaks of Bashan ; 2:14 for all the tall mountains , for all the high hills , 2:15 for every high tower , for every fortified wall , 2:16 for all the large ships , ships , for all the impressive ships . 2:17 Proud men will be humiliated , arrogant men will be brought low ; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day . 2:18 The worthless idols will be completely eliminated . 2:19 They will go into caves in the rocky cliffs and into holes in the ground , trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lord and his royal splendor , when he rises up to terrify the earth .

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  • Bernyanyilah, Puteri Sion [KJ.90]
  • Terbitlah dalam Kegelapan [KJ.107]
  • [Isa 2:2] Behold! The Mountain Of The Lord
  • [Isa 2:3] Suppliant, Lo!
  • [Isa 2:4] O God, Mine Inmost Soul Convert
  • [Isa 2:4] Savior, Whom Our Hearts Adore
  • [Isa 2:4] Thou Judge By Whom Each Empire Fell
  • [Isa 2:5] Marching On In The Light Of God

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