Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - Isaiah 2 (Review)

AM Devotion/Prayer

Isaiah 2 (NKJV)

Isaiah 2 (MSG)

Isaiah 2New King James Version (NKJV) The Future House of God 2 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the Lord’s house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it. 3 Many people shall come and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 4 He shall judge between the nations, And rebuke many people; They shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war anymore. The Day of the Lord 5 O house of Jacob, come and let us walk In the light of the Lord. 6 For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with eastern ways; They are soothsayers like the Philistines, And they are pleased with the children of foreigners. 7 Their land is also full of silver and gold, And there is no end to their treasures; Their land is also full of horses, And there is no end to their chariots. 8 Their land is also full of idols; They worship the work of their own hands, That which their own fingers have made. 9 People bow down, And each man humbles himself; Therefore do not forgive them. 10 Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, From the terror of the Lord And the glory of His majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up— And it shall be brought low— 13 Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, And upon all the oaks of Bashan; 14 Upon all the high mountains, And upon all the hills that are lifted up; 15 Upon every high tower, And upon every fortified wall; 16 Upon all the ships of Tarshish, And upon all the beautiful sloops. 17 The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; The Lord alone will be exalted in that day, 18 But the idols He shall utterly abolish. 19 They shall go into the holes of the rocks, And into the caves of the earth, From the terror of the Lord And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily. 20 In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver And his idols of gold, Which they made, each for himself to worship, To the moles and bats, 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, And into the crags of the rugged rocks, From the terror of the Lord And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily. 22 Sever yourselves from such a man, Whose breath is in his nostrils; For of what account is he?

Isaiah 2The Message (MSG) Climb God’s Mountain 2 1-5 The Message Isaiah got regarding Judah and Jerusalem: There’s a day coming     when the mountain of God’s House Will be The Mountain—     solid, towering over all mountains. All nations will river toward it,     people from all over set out for it. They’ll say, “Come,     let’s climb God’s Mountain,     go to the House of the God of Jacob. He’ll show us the way he works     so we can live the way we’re made.” Zion’s the source of the revelation.     God’s Message comes from Jerusalem. He’ll settle things fairly between nations.     He’ll make things right between many peoples. They’ll turn their swords into shovels,     their spears into hoes. No more will nation fight nation;     they won’t play war anymore. Come, family of Jacob,     let’s live in the light of God. 6-9 God, you’ve walked out on your family Jacob     because their world is full of hokey religion, Philistine witchcraft, and pagan hocus-pocus,     a world rolling in wealth, Stuffed with things,     no end to its machines and gadgets, And gods—gods of all sorts and sizes.     These people make their own gods and worship what they make. A degenerate race, facedown in the gutter.     Don’t bother with them! They’re not worth forgiving! Pretentious Egos Brought Down to Earth 10 Head for the hills,     hide in the caves From the terror of God,     from his dazzling presence. 11-17 People with a big head are headed for a fall,     pretentious egos brought down a peg. It’s God alone at front-and-center     on the Day we’re talking about, The Day that God-of-the-Angel-Armies     is matched against all big-talking rivals,     against all swaggering big names; Against all giant sequoias     hugely towering,     and against the expansive chestnut; Against Kilimanjaro and Annapurna,     against the ranges of Alps and Andes; Against every soaring skyscraper,     against all proud obelisks and statues; Against ocean-going luxury liners,     against elegant three-masted schooners. The swelled big heads will be punctured bladders,     the pretentious egos brought down to earth, Leaving God alone at front-and-center     on the Day we’re talking about. 18 And all those sticks and stones     dressed up to look like gods     will be gone for good. 19 Clamber into caves in the cliffs,     duck into any hole you can find. Hide from the terror of God,     from his dazzling presence, When he assumes his full stature on earth,     towering and terrifying. 20-21 On that Day men and women will take     the sticks and stones They’ve decked out in gold and silver     to look like gods and then worshiped, And they will dump them     in any ditch or gully, Then run for rock caves     and cliff hideouts To hide from the terror of God,     from his dazzling presence, When he assumes his full stature on earth,     towering and terrifying. 22 Quit scraping and fawning over mere humans,     so full of themselves, so full of hot air!     Can’t you see there’s nothing to them?