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IS A IA H 2
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But rebels and sinners will be completely
destroyed,
and those who desert the Lord will be
consumed.
— promises —
from God
“Though your sins are like
scarlet, I will make them as
white as snow.”
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I SA I A H 1:18
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You will be ashamed of your idol worship
in groves of sacred oaks.
You will blush because you worshiped
in gardens dedicated to idols.
You will be like a great tree with withered
leaves,
like a garden without water.
The strongest among you will disappear
like straw;
their evil deeds will be the spark that
sets it on fire.
They and their evil works will burn up
together,
and no one will be able to put out the fire.
The LORD’s Future Reign
This is a vision that Isaiah son of Amoz saw
concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
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In the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s
house
will be the highest of all—
the most important place on earth.
It will be raised above the other hills,
and people from all over the world will
stream there to worship.
People from many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of
the Lord,
to the house of Jacob’s God.
There he will teach us his ways,
and we will walk in his paths.”
For the Lord’s teaching will go out
from Zion;
his word will go out from Jerusalem.
The Lord will mediate between nations
and will settle international disputes.
They will hammer their swords into
plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will no longer fight against nation,
nor train for war anymore.
A Warning of Judgment
5 Come, descendants of Jacob,
let us walk in the light of the Lord!
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For the Lord has rejected his people,
the descendants of Jacob,
because they have filled their land with
practices from the East
and with sorcerers, as the Philistines do.
They have made alliances with pagans.
Israel is full of silver and gold;
there is no end to its treasures.
Their land is full of warhorses;
there is no end to its chariots.
Their land is full of idols;
the people worship things they
have made
with their own hands.
So now they will be humbled,
and all will be brought low—
do not forgive them.
Crawl into caves in the rocks.
Hide in the dust
from the terror of the Lord
and the glory of his majesty.
Human pride will be brought down,
and human arrogance will be humbled.
Only the Lord will be exalted
on that day of judgment.
For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
has a day of reckoning.
He will punish the proud and mighty
and bring down everything that is
exalted.
He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon
and all the mighty oaks of Bashan.
He will level all the high mountains
and all the lofty hills.
He will break down every high tower
and every fortified wall.
He will destroy all the great trading ships*
and every magnificent vessel.
Human pride will be humbled,
and human arrogance will be
brought down.
Only the Lord will be exalted
on that day of judgment.
Idols will completely disappear.
When the Lord rises to shake the earth,
his enemies will crawl into holes in
the ground.
They will hide in caves in the rocks
from the terror of the Lord
and the glory of his majesty.
On that day of judgment they will abandon
the gold and silver idols
they made for themselves to worship.
They will leave their gods to the rodents
and bats,
while they crawl away into caverns
and hide among the jagged rocks in
the cliffs.
2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish.