Diamonds From Isaiah Chapter 2

Verse 4 

He will judge between the nations

    and will settle disputes for many peoples.

They will beat their swords into plowshares

    and their spears into pruning hooks.

Nation will not take up sword against nation,

    nor will they train for war anymore.

 

Dear Father, I pray for the day when you will bring peace between all nations, when people will no longer war against each other.

 

Verses 10-12

Go into the rocks, hide in the ground

    from the fearful presence of the Lord

    and the splendor of his majesty!

The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled

    and human pride brought low;

the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

The Lord Almighty has a day in store

    for all the proud and lofty,

for all that is exalted

    (and they will be humbled),

 

Lord, I do not understand what all will happen. You are mighty, and everyone will know that you are mighty. The pride of all lofty people, of what they’ve created and worshiped, will be destroyed.

 

Verse 22

Stop trusting in mere humans,

    who have but a breath in their nostrils.

    Why hold them in esteem?

 

Father God, thank you for your love, that you call us to worship you and not to turn only to people, who in the end cannot satisfy us.