Against Idolatry and Human Arrogance
Isaiah 2:5–22
Biblical Period
5O House of Jacob!
Come, let us walk
By the light of the Lord.
6For you have forsaken [the ways of] your people,
O House of Jacob!
For they are full [of practices] from the East,
And of soothsaying like the Philistines;
They abound in customs of the aliens.
7Their land is full of silver and gold,
There is no limit to their treasures;
Their land is…
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