What is the meaning of Isaias 2:22?

Question

Refer to Bible

Answer 1

Do not put your trust in human strength. How can those who are mortal believe that they are the measure of all things?

Answer 2

As I understand it, it has to do with the Second Coming. When Jesus returns. There are references to this great earthquake that will flatten all the mountains upon his return in Zechariah 14: 4-5 and also in Ezekiel 38:18-20.

So the message of Isaiah is:
22 Stop trusting in man,
who has but a breath in his nostrils.
Of what account is he?

The message is repeated throughout the Bible. Or at least in many, many places: trust in the Lord. Trusting in men, or princes, or things on the Earth is futile. Man had nothing to give us that is eternal. But as Isaiah prophecies, people will still look to those things, but the Lord will cause them to rid themselves of them on that great and terrible day.

Answer 3

The reference to 'man', ADAM(that is actually the Hebrew word), is to the evil doers, those who know the basic commandments, but don't do them. Another word for it might be 'heathen'. Its not just 'sinners', we all fall into that category, this is those who KNOW to do right, but consciously do WRONG. In the case of Adam, he was TOLD to 'not eat of the fruit of the tree', but did so anyway. HE WAS NOT DECEIVED, he KNEW what he was doing. The Isaiah reference, when you read it in context, is very similar to the 6th seal in Revelation. These 'men' will see the Day of the Lord coming, and go hiding into the rocks and caves, saying 'Fall on us, for who can survive the wrath of the Lamb?'(Rev. 6:15-17)

Answer 4

Scroll down to the bottom of the page to verse 22. Click on the highlighted words in blue.

http://scriptures.lds.org/isa/2/22#22

Answer 5

It says "Withdraw from man who has breath in his nostrils, for with what is he deemed worthy?"

To know what this means, you need to read the entire Chapter 2 (which isn't very long) so you will know the context of what it's talking about.

It's talking about how people, Jews and non-Jews alike, have fallen into idolatry - worshipping material things like money, and other things man-made ("what your hands have made"). It says that on the day of Judgement in the time of the Messiah, mankind will try to hide in the caves and clefts in the ground to escape judgement but this will not work.

All the idolatrous Jews and the idolatrous non-Jews will be judged on that day. Those of both kinds who repent will live, those who do not repent will be destroyed.

It also speaks about how in the time of the Messiah, no man will have to teach another because there will be Universal Knowledge of God, there will be no more war, and other prophecies that the Messiah will fulfill when he comes.

As well, non-Jews who have been believing in idolatrous religions where they worship men as God and other things, will abandon their foolishness and run to learn from the Jews about the true God of Israel, and at that point everyone will live in peace, worshipping the God of Israel side by side equally with the Jews.

So, the verse at the very end that says "Withdraw from man who has breath in his nostrils, for with what is he deemed worthy?" means, according to Judaism this:

Men "with breath in their nostrils" refers to arrogant men, like a bull standing puffing great snorts out it's nose at others to show that he is the master of everything. These men demand a sort of worship of themselves and in many ways they want that we should only listen to them and their arrogant foolishness, and they put themselves above God.

So this means that we should not listen to them, but only to God, for these men have nothing of worth except their own breath (their own arrogance) and this is worthy only to them, not to God.

This way we will not end up to be one of those on the Day of Judgement who tries to hide in the rocks and clefts to get away from God, to try to hide ourselves.

Source: Jewish, Torah

Answer 6

It means that we should not look to men for wisdom, but towards God. We should look to God in all things and raise Him up on high instead of men. I think 1 Corinthians 18-35 is similar to this line.

Answer 7

It refers to the plight of David when he ran from King Saul and his crazed men, and from his enemies, the Philistines. This took place in the 'last days', just before David came into power, after an Amalekite helped Saul kill himself. He had to hide in a cave in the mountains and sleep with the moles and bats, and scrounge for food. What little money he had left he had to hide in the recesses of the cave, (much like Elijah), and he had to learn to survive without it. (much like Jesus) he had to convert his knives into harvesting and digging tools. And as for "cease from men", he had to avoid being discovered, as there was really no one he could trust at the time, until the moment came for his redemption, when, after a strange twist of fate, Saul came into David's cave to relieve himself. David then snuck up on Saul and cut a piece of Saul's clothing off, and later showed it to Saul, in front of Saul's men. This upset Saul terribly, and David's life was yet again spared.

Answer 8

I am assuming you mean Isaiah, as it is in my KJV. For those who don't have a Bible handy, it says: "Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?" The context is the making of idols, and presumably refers to punishment for having made said idols. I confess I do not understand it myself, but then I'm not a Jew or a Christian.

Answer 9

''u should stop trusting in people to save u , becos they r only human; they arn't able to help u ''. ------------- the bible says the Lord All-Powerfyul has a certain day planned ,when he will punish the proud&those who brag& all will run to the caves to hide to save themselves from the anger of the Lord when He stands shakes the earth on the day of judgement. only in Him we've to trust &obey& if not, nobody can save us on that terrrible day

Answer 10

I believe it is saying, why do we put such importance on human men, on what they do and what they think. God is the only one we should look up to and think highly of. All true life comes from God. Men are like grass. They sit in the sun for a short time, then wither and die. God is eternal.