ISAIAH - THE DAY OF THE LORD

 

Isaiah 2:6-22

6 You have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob.

They are full of superstitions from the East;

They practice divination like the Philistines

And clasp hands with pagans.

7 Their land is full of silver and gold;

There is no end to their treasures.

Their land is full of horses;

There is no end to their chariots.

8 Their land is full of idols;

They bow down to the work of their hands,

To what their fingers have made.

9 SO MAN WILL BE BROUGHT LOW

AND MANKIND HUMBLED--

DO NOT FORGIVE THEM

10 Go into the rocks,

HIDE IN THE GROUND FROM THE DREAD OF THE LORD

And the splendor of his majesty!

11 The eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled

And the pride of men brought low;

The Lord alone will be exalted IN THAT DAY.

12 THE LORD ALMIGHTY HAS A DAY IN STORE

FOR ALL THE PROUD AND LOFTY,

For all that is exalted (and they will be humbled),

13 For all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty,

And all the oaks of Bashan,

14 For all the towering mountains and all the high hills,

15 For every lofty tower and every fortified wall,

16 For every trading ship and every stately vessel.

17 THE ARROGANCE OF MAN WILL BE BROUGHT LOW

AND THE PRIDE OF MEN HUMBLED.

THE LORD ALONE WILL BE EXALTED IN THAT DAY,

And the idols will totally disappear.

18 Men will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground

From the Dread of the Lord

And the Splendor of His majesty,

WHEN HE RISES TO SHAKE THE EARTH.

19 Men will flee to caves in the rocks

And holes in the ground

From the Dread of the Lord

And the Splendor of His Majesty

WHEN HE RISES TO SHAKE THE EARTH.

20 IN THAT DAY, men will throw away

To the rodents and bats

Their idols of silver and idols of gold,

Which they made to worship.

21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks

And to the overhanging crags

From the Dread of the Lord

And the Splendor of His Majesty

WHEN HE RISES TO SHAKE THE EARTH.

22 STOP TRUSTING IN MAN,

Who has but a breath in his nostrils.

OF WHAT ACCOUNT IS HE?

(Isaiah 2:6-22)

[Isaiah often says “IN THAT DAY.”

This often refers to something in the immediate future

As well as “The Time of The END.”]

The condition of Israel in the time of Isaiah

Parallels the condition of America and the West today.