Isaiah 2 - EasyEnglish Bible 2024（EASY）

Chapter 2People from all nations will worship God

1This is the message that appeared to Amoz's son, Isaiah, about Judah and Jerusalem.

2In the last days, the mountain of the Lord's temple will be great. It will stand higher than all other mountains. It will stand above all the hills. Crowds of people from all nations will go there all the time.

3As they come, people from many nations will say, ‘Come! We will go up to the mountain of the Lord, Jacob's God. We will go to worship him at his temple. He will teach us his laws. Then we can live in a way that pleases him.’

Zion will be the place where people learn about God. The Lord's message will go out from Jerusalem.

4The Lord will judge between many different nations. When they argue together, he will decide who is right. They will take their swords and they will make them into ploughs. Their spears will become knives to cut their vines. Nations will no longer need weapons to attack other nations. They will not prepare to fight wars any more.

5Jacob's family, come now! We need to live in the light that the Lord gives to us. The great day when God will judge everyone

6 Lord, you have gone away from your people. They are Jacob's descendants. They are full of ideas from countries in the east. They use magic to learn about future times, as the Philistines do. They make agreements with foreign people.

7They are very rich and their land is full of silver and gold. They have many horses, and more chariots than you can count.

8But their land is also full of useless idols. They worship things that they have made with their own hands.

9People bend down low in front of their idols. They even lie flat on the ground!

Lord, do not forgive them!

10Go up to the rocks in the hills! Find a hole in the ground where you can hide! Hide from the Lord's great power, because he is coming to punish you! He rules with great authority!

11The Lord will bring proud people down low. People who boast will have to stop. On that day, people will see that only the Lord is great.

12Yes! The Lord Almighty will choose his great day. On that day, he will judge all the proud people who think that they are great. He will bring them all down very low.

13The Lord will cut down the great cedar trees in Lebanon, and the oak trees in Bashan.

14He will bring down the high mountains and the highest hills.

15He will knock down all the strong towers and walls.

16He will destroy the great ships that travel across the seas, and all the beautiful boats.

17Like that, the Lord will bring proud people down low. People who boast will have to stop. On that day, people will see that only the Lord is great.

18All the useless idols will be there no more.

19People will run away to the caves in the hills. They will try to hide in holes in the ground. They will try to escape from the great power of the Lord, when he comes to judge everyone. They will see that he rules with great authority. People will be very afraid when he comes to punish the people on earth.

20At that time, people will throw away their silver idols and their gold idols. They made those idols so that they could worship them. But now they will throw them into caves where rats and bats live.

21The people themselves will look for caves and holes in the rocks where they can hide. They will try to escape from the Lord's punishment. They will see that he rules with great authority. They will be afraid when he comes to judge the people on earth.

22Do not trust people to help you. They are weak and they will all die one day. They are not strong enough to help you.