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This is the message that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, received about Judah and Jerusalem:
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The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
2 Nephi
Chapter 12
22 verses
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In the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s house will be established at the top of the mountains and raised above the hills, and all nations will come to it.
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And it shall come to pass in the last days, when the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it.
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Many people will go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths. The law will go out from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. ”
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And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
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He will judge among the nations and correct many people. They will turn their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, and they will no longer learn about war.
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And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks—nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
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O house of Jacob, come and let us walk in the light of the Lord; come, for you have all gone astray, each one to his wicked ways.
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O house of Jacob, come ye and let us walk in the light of the Lord; yea, come, for ye have all gone astray, every one to his wicked ways.
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Lord, you have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob, because they are influenced by the east, listen to soothsayers like the Philistines, and associate with foreigners.
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Therefore, O Lord, thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and hearken unto soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
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Their land is 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.
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Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.
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Their land is also full of idols; they worship what their own hands have made, what their own fingers have created.
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Their land is also full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
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The common person does not bow down, and the great person does not humble himself, so do not forgive him.
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And the mean man boweth not down, and the great man humbleth himself not, therefore, forgive him not.
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You wicked ones, go into the rocks and hide in the dust, because the fear of the Lord and the glory of his majesty will strike you.
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O ye wicked ones, enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for the fear of the Lord and the glory of his majesty shall smite thee.
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The proud looks of people will be humbled, and the arrogance of men will be brought low, and only the Lord will be exalted on that day.
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And it shall come to pass that the lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
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The day of the Lord of Hosts is coming soon upon all nations, upon everyone—upon the proud and lofty, and upon everyone who is lifted up, and they will be brought low.
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For the day of the Lord of Hosts soon cometh upon all nations, yea, upon every one; yea, upon the proud and lofty, and upon every one who is lifted up, and he shall be brought low.
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The day of the Lord will come upon all the cedars of Lebanon, because they are tall and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan.
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Yea, and the day of the Lord shall come upon all the cedars of Lebanon, for they are high and lifted up; and upon all the oaks of Bashan;
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On all the high mountains, on all the hills, on all the nations that are lifted up, and on every people;
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And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills, and upon all the nations which are lifted up, and upon every people;
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On every high tower and on every fortified wall;
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And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall;
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And on all the ships of the sea, and on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all beautiful images.
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And upon all the ships of the sea, and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
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Human pride will be humbled, and arrogant people will be brought low; only the Lord will be exalted on that day.
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And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
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He will completely get rid of the idols.
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And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
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They will go into the holes of the rocks and into the caves of the earth, because they will be afraid of the Lord and his majestic glory will strike them when he rises to shake the earth.
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And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for the fear of the Lord shall come upon them and the glory of his majesty shall smite them, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
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On that day, a person will throw away his silver idols and gold idols, which he made for himself to worship, to the moles and the bats.
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In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which he hath made for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
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They will go into the cracks of the rocks and into the tops of the rugged rocks because they will be afraid of the Lord, and the majesty of his glory will strike them when he rises to shake the earth.
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To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for the fear of the Lord shall come upon them and the majesty of his glory shall smite them, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
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Stop trusting in man, whose life is only in his breath; for why should he be considered important?
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Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?