1 Here is the message which God gave to Isaiah son of Amoz about Judah and Jerusalem:
2 In days to comethe mountain where the Temple standswill be the highest one of all,towering above all the hills.Many nations will come streaming to it,
3 and their people will say,“Let us go up the hill of the Lord,to the Temple of Israel's God.He will teach us what he wants us to do;we will walk in the paths he has chosen.For the Lord's teaching comes from Jerusalem;from Zion he speaks to his people.”
4 He will settle disputes among great nations.They will hammer their swords into plowsand their spears into pruning knives.Nations will never again go to war,never prepare for battle again.
5 Now, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light which the Lord gives us!
6 O God, you have forsaken your people, the descendants of Jacob! The land is full of magic practices from the East and from Philistia. The people follow foreign customs.
7 Their land is full of silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures. Their land is full of horses, and there is no end to their chariots.