# General Information:

Isaiah speaks to the people of Judah in the form of a poem. He continues to describe what will happen on the day of Yahweh of Hosts ([Isaiah 2:12](../02/12.md)). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])

# against

In 2:14-16 Isaiah lists things that God will destroy. Possible meanings are 1) these refer to prideful people that God will humble or 2) God will actually destroy all these things in the list.

# mountains ... hills

These words are metaphors for the pride of the Israelites. They also appear in [Isaiah 2:2](../02/02.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# that are lifted up

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "that are very high" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])