Isaiah 2:14

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
against all the high mountains,against all the lofty hills,

Hebrew Names Version
For all the high mountains, For all the hills that are lifted up,

King James Version
And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

English Standard Version
against all the lofty mountains, and against all the uplifted hills;

New American Standard Bible
Against all the lofty mountains, Against all the hills that are lifted up,

New Century Version
all the tall mountains and the high hills,

Amplified Bible
Against all the high mountains, Against all the hills that are lifted up,

World English Bible
For all the high mountains, For all the hills that are lifted up,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And vpon all the hie mountaines, and vpon all the hilles that are lifted vp,

Legacy Standard Bible
Against all the high mountains,Against all the hills that are lifted up,

Berean Standard Bible
against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,

Contemporary English Version
all high mountains and hills,

Complete Jewish Bible
for all the high mountains, for all the hills that are lifted up;

Darby Translation
and upon all the lofty mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;

Easy-to-Read Version
They might be like the tall mountains and high hills

George Lamsa Translation
And against all the high mountains, and against all the hills that are lifted up,

Good News Translation
He will level the high mountains and hills,

Lexham English Bible
and against all the high mountains, and against all the lofty hills,

Literal Translation
and against all the high mountains; and against all the lifted up hills;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
vpon all high hilles, and vpon all stoute mountaynes,

American Standard Version
and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

Bible in Basic English
And on all the high mountains, and on all the hills which are lifted up;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;

King James Version (1611)
And vpon all the high mountaines, and vpon all the hilles that are lifted vp,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And vpon all the high mountaynes, and vpon all the high hilles,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill,

English Revised Version
and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and on alle hiy munteyns, and on alle litle hillis, `that ben reisid;

Update Bible Version
and on all the high mountains, and on all the hills that are lifted up,

Webster's Bible Translation
And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills [that are] lifted up,

New English Translation
for all the tall mountains, for all the high hills,

New King James Version
Upon all the high mountains, And upon all the hills that are lifted up;

New Living Translation
He will level all the high mountains and all the lofty hills.

New Life Bible
He will be against all the high mountains, against all the high hills,

New Revised Standard
against all the high mountains, and against all the lofty hills;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And upon all the lofty mountains, - And upon all the uplifted hills;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And upon all the high mountains and upon all the elevated hills.

Revised Standard Version
against all the high mountains, and against all the lofty hills;

Young's Literal Translation
And for all the high mountains, And for all the exalted heights,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Against all the lofty mountains, Against all the hills that are lifted up,

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ Head for the hills, hide in the caves From the terror of God , from his dazzling presence. ¹¹People with a big head are headed for a fall, pretentious egos brought down a peg. It's God alone at front-and-center on the Day we're talking about, The Day that God -of-the-Angel-Armies is matched against all big-talking rivals, against all swaggering big names; Against all giant sequoias hugely towering, and against the expansive chestnut; Against Kilimanjaro and Annapurna, against the ranges of Alps and Andes; Against every soaring skyscraper, against all proud obelisks and statues; Against ocean-going luxury liners, against elegant three-masted schooners. The swelled big heads will be punctured bladders, the pretentious egos brought down to earth, Leaving God alone at front-and-center on the Day we're talking about. ¹⁸ And all those sticks and stones dressed up to look like gods will be gone for good. ¹⁹ Clamber into caves in the cliffs, duck into any hole you can find. Hide from the terror of God , from his dazzling presence, When he assumes his full stature on earth, towering and terrifying. ²⁰On that Day men and women will take the sticks and stones They've decked out in gold and silver to look like gods and then worshiped, And they will dump them in any ditch or gully, Then run for rock caves and cliff hideouts To hide from the terror of God , from his dazzling presence, When he assumes his full stature on earth, towering and terrifying. ²² Quit scraping and fawning over mere humans, so full of themselves, so full of hot air! Can't you see there's nothing to them?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Isaiah 30:25, Isaiah 40:4, Psalms 68:16, Psalms 110:5, Psalms 110:6, 2 Corinthians 10:5

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 17:24 - have brought Revelation 6:14 - and every Revelation 16:20 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 10:22
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

Daniel 10:4
"On the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris. I looked up and to my surprise saw a man dressed in linen with a belt of pure gold around his waist. His body was hard and glistening, as if sculpted from a precious stone, his face radiant, his eyes bright and penetrating like torches, his arms and feet glistening like polished bronze, and his voice, deep and resonant, sounded like a huge choir of voices.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills [that are] lifted up. By which may be meant either kingdoms and cities belonging to the Roman jurisdiction, or churches and monasteries, and such like religious houses, and the dissolution of them. See Revelation 16:20.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And upon all the high mountains - Judea abounded in lofty mountains, which added much to the grandeur of its natural scenery. Lowth supposes that by mountains and hills are meant here, ‘kingdoms, republics, states, cities;’ but there are probably no parallel places where they have this meaning. The meaning is probably this: high mountains and hills would not only be objects of beauty or grandeur, but also places of defense, and protection. In the caverns and fastnesses of such hills, it would be easy for the people to find refuge when the land was invaded. The meaning of the prophet then is, that the day of God’s vengeance should be upon the places of refuge and strength; the strongly fortified places, or places of sure retreat in cases of invasion; compare the notes at Isaiah 2:19.

Hills that are lifted up - That is, high, elevated hills.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 2:14. Isaiah 2:13.