Self-interpreting Bible

1 THE ^aword that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

• a: Is. 1:1 , Is. 13:1 , Is. 21:2 , Mi. 1:1 , Hab. 1:1 , Zep. 1:1

2 And ^bit shall come to pass in the last days, that ^cthe mountain of the LORD's house shall be ¹established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all ^dnations shall flow unto it.

• b: Mi. 4:1 - 3 , Ac. 2:17 , He. 1:1 , 1Jn. 2:18 , 1Co. 10:11 , Ge. 49:1
• c: Zec. 8:3 , Mat. 5:14 , Da. 2:35 , Da. 2:44 , Ps. 68:15 , Ps. 68:16 , Is. 60:10 - 12 , 2Co. 3:9 , 2Co. 3:10 , 2Co. 3:18 , Re. 21:2 , Re. 21:10 , Re. 21:23 , Re. 14:1
• 1: Or, prepared.
• d: Ps. 2:8 , Ps. 22:27 - 31 , Ps. 72:8 - 10 , Is. 11:10 , Is. 45:22 , Is. 43:6 , Is. 49:12 , Is. 60:3 - 12 , Is. 27:13 , Zec. 2:11 , Je. 3:17 , Je. 31:12 , Mat. 8:11 , Mat. 28:19 , Lu. 24:47

3 And many people shall go and say, ^eCome ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he ^fwill teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for ^gout of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

• e: Mi. 4:2 , Ps. 84:5 - 7 , Je. 50:4 , Je. 50:5 , Je. 31:6 , Zec. 8:20 - 23
• f: De. 6:1 , Ps. 86:11 , Mat. 7:29 , Lu. 11:28 , Jn. 13:17 , Ja. 1:25 , He. 1:1 , He. 2:3 , He. 12:25 , Is. 54:13 , Je. 31:34
• g: Ps. 110:2 , Lu. 24:47 , Ac. 1:8 , Ac. 13:46 , Ac. 13:47 , Ro. 10:18 , Ro. 8:2 , Ro. 3:27 , Ro. 15:19

4 And ^hhe shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: ⁱand they shall beat their swords into ^*plowshares, and their spears into ²pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

• h: Mat. 11:27 , Jn. 5:22 , Jn. 5:23 , Jn. 16:8 , Jn. 16:9 , Is. 11:3 , Is. 11:4 , Ps. 72:2
• i: Mi. 4:3 , Zec. 9:10 , Ho. 2:18 , 3:10 , Ps. 46:9 , Ps. 72:7 , Is. 11:6 - 9 , Is. 9:7 , Is. 60:17 , 2Co. 9:10 , 2Co. 13:11 , Ro. 14:17 , Ro. 14:19 , Phi. 4:7 , Jn. 14:27
• *: plowshares-cutting blades of a plough.
• 2: Or, scythes.

5 O house of Jacob, ^jcome ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.

• j: Ep. 5:8 , Ro. 10:19 , Ro. 11:11 , Ro. 11:15 , Ro. 11:25 , Ro. 11:26 , Ps. 119:105 , Ps. 4:6 , Pr. 6:23 , Jn. 1:9 , Jn. 12:35 , 2Pe. 1:19

6 ¶Therefore thou hast ^kforsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be ^lreplenished ³from the east, and are ^*soothsayers ^mlike the Philistines, ⁿand they ⁴please themselves in the children of strangers.

• k: Mi. 5:3 , Ro. 11:20
• l: Is. 8:19 , Is. 47:13 , De. 18:14 , Nu. 23:7
• 3: Or, more than the east.
• *: soothsayers-those who profess to foretell the future.
• m: 2Ki. 1:2
• n: Ne. 13:23 , 1Ki. 11:1 , 1Ki. 11:2 , De. 12:30 , Ex. 34:16 , Mal. 2:11 , Ho. 5:7 , Ho. 5:13 , Ho. 7:8 , Ho. 7:11
• 4: Or, abound with the children.

7 ^oTheir land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their ^pland is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:

• o: De. 17:17 , Is. 1:23 , Is. 5:7 , Is. 5:8 , 2Ki. 5:27 , Mi. 3:11 , Mi. 7:3 , Ho. 2:10
• p: 1Ki. 10:29 , Is. 31:1 , De. 17:16

8 ^qTheir land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

• q: Je. 2:28 , Je. 11:13 , Ho. 8:11 , Is. 57:5 , 2Ki. 16:4 , 2Ki. 17:7 - 17 , 2Ki. 21:3 - 7

9 And ^rthe mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

• r: Ps. 49:2 , Is. 27:11 , Is. 44:15 , Is. 5:15 , Je. 5:1 - 7 , Zec. 10:2 , Eze. 8:10 , Eze. 8:11 , Eze. 8:16 , Is. 2:11 , Is. 2:17

10 ¶^sEnter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, ^tfor fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.

• s: Ho. 10:8 , Is. 33:14 , Lu. 23:30 , Re. 6:15 - 17 , Is. 2:19 - 21 , Ju. 13:22 , 1Ki. 19:13
• t: 2Th. 1:9

11 The ^ulofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the ^vLORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

• u: Is. 2:17 , Job 40:11 , Job 40:12 , Is. 5:15 , Is. 5:16 , Is. 10:33 , Is. 13:11 , Is. 24:21 , Ps. 18:27 , Je. 50:31 , Mal. 4:1 , Ex. 18:11 , Lu. 1:51 , Lu. 1:52
• v: Zep. 3:11 , Zep. 3:16 , Zec. 9:16 , 1Co. 1:31 , Jos. 7:19 , Ps. 118:10 , Ps. 118:11 , 2Co. 10:5 , Is. 4:1 , Is. 4:2 , Is. 11:10 , Is. 11:11 , Is. 12:1 , Is. 12:4 , Is. 25:9 , Is. 26:1 , Is. 28:5 , Is. 29:18 , Je. 30:8 , Eze. 38:14 , Eze. 38:19

12 For ^wthe 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:

• w: Mal. 4:1 , Is. 23:9 , Re. 19:18 , Pr. 6:17 , Pr. 16:5 , Ja. 4:6 , Ps. 138:6 , 1Pe. 5:5 , Mat. 23:12 , 1Sa. 2:3 , 1Sa. 2:10 , Lu. 14:11

13 And upon all the ^xcedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

• x: Eze. 31:3 - 12 , Is. 10:33 , Is. 10:34 , Is. 14:8 , Is. 37:24 , Is. 1:30 , Am. 2:5 , Zec. 11:1 , Zec. 11:2

14 And ^yupon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

• y: Ps. 110:5 , Ps. 110:6 , Re. 6:14 - 17 , 2Co. 10:5 , Jeremiah 25 , Isaiah 3 , Isaiah 5 , Isaiah 7 - 24 , Is. 30:25

15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

16 And upon ^zall the ships of Tarshish, and upon all ⁵pleasant ^*pictures.

• z: 1Ki. 10:22 , 1Ki. 22:49 , 2Ch. 20:36 , 2Ch. 20:37 , Ps. 48:6 , Re. 18:17 - 19
• 5: Heb. pictures of desire.
• *: pictures-images carved in relief.

17 ^aAnd 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.

• a: Is. 2:11 , Is. 13:11 , 1Co. 10:31

18 ^bAnd ⁶the idols he shall utterly abolish.

• b: Zec. 13:2 , Is. 1:29
• 6: Or, the idol shall utterly pass away.

19 And they shall go into the ^choles of the rocks, and into the caves of ⁷the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when ^dhe ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

• c: Is. 2:10 , Is. 2:21 , Ho. 10:8 , Re. 6:16 , Re. 9:6 , Lu. 23:30
• 7: Heb. the dust.
• d: Ps. 3:7 , Ps. 7:6 , Ps. 9:19 , Ps. 68:1 , Mi. 1:4 , Na. 1:2 , Na. 1:5 , Na. 1:6 , Hag. 2:6 , Hag. 2:7 , Hag. 2:21 , He. 12:26 , He. 12:27 , Re. 6:12 , Re. 6:14 , Re. 8:5 , Re. 11:13 , Re. 11:19 , Re. 16:18 , Is. 2:21

20 In that day a man ^eshall cast ⁸his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, ⁹which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

• e: Is. 1:29 , Is. 30:22 , Is. 31:7 , Eze. 37:23 , Ho. 14:3 , Ho. 14:8 , Is. 2:10 , Is. 2:19
• 8: Heb. the idols of his silver.
• 9: Or, which they made for him.

21 To ^fgo into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, ^gfor fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

• f: Is. 2:19 , Re. 6:12 , Re. 6:14 , Re. 8:5 , Re. 11:13 , Re. 11:19 , Re. 16:18
• g: Is. 2:10 , Lu. 23:30

22 ^hCease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

• h: Ps. 146:3 , Ps. 146:4 , Ps. 8:4 , Ps. 144:3 , Ps. 144:4 , Is. 2:11 , Is. 2:17 , Is. 2:19 , Je. 17:5 , Job 27:3 , Job 7:17 , Job 7:18