Isaiah 2
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Summary
Isaiah sees the latter-day temple and the gathering of Israel.
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| (2) And it shall come to pass in the last days, that 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. | (2) 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. |
| (5) O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord. | (5) 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. |
| (6) Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. | (6) Therefore 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. |
| (9) And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. | (9) And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself not, therefore forgive him not. |
| (10) Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty. | (10) O ye wicked ones, enter into the rock and hide thee in the dust, for the fear of the Lord and his majesty shall smite thee. |
| (11) 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. | (11) And it shall come to pass that the lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of man shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. |
| (12) For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: | (12) For the day of the Lord of hosts soon cometh upon all nations, yea every one, yea upon the proud and lofty and upon everyone who is lifted up and he shall be brought low: |
| (13) And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, | (13) 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, |
| (14) And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, | (14) And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills and upon all the nations which are lifted up, |
| (16) And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. | (16) And upon all the ships of the sea and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. |
| (19) And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. | (19) 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. |
| (20) In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; | (20) 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; |
| (21) To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. | (21) 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 the Lord shall smite them when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. |
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Book of Mormon Central, “How Does Nephi Help Us Understand Isaiah? (2 Nephi 25:4),” KnoWhy 47 (March 4, 2016).
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Would Jesus Call Isaiah’s Words Great? (3 Nephi 23:1),” KnoWhy 217 (October 26, 2016).
Book of Mormon Central, “How Does Nephi Use Isaiah to Teach Us to Avoid Pride? (2 Nephi 15:21; Isaiah 5:21),” KnoWhy 48 (March 7, 2016).
Paul Y. Hoskisson, “Was Joseph Smith Smarter Than the Average Fourth Year Hebrew Student? Finding a Restoration-Significant Hebraism in Book of Mormon Isaiah,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 17 (2016): 151–158.
Donald W. Parry and Janet L. Garrand Willis, “Notes on Vocabulary in Isaiah 2-11, 13-14, 29, 48-54,” in Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998), 409–422.
David Rolph Seely, “Nephi’s Use of Isaiah 2-14 in 2 Nephi 12-30,” in Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998), 151–169.
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