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A Message for Judah and Jerusalem

The message that Amoz’s son Isaiah received[a] concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

“It will come about in the last days
    that the mountain that is the Lord’s Temple will be established
        as the highest of mountains,[b]
and will be raised above the hills;
    all the nations will stream to[c] it.
Many groups of people[d] will come, commenting,
    “Come! Let’s go up to[e] the Temple of the God of Jacob,
that they[f] may teach us his ways.
    Then let’s walk in his paths.”

The Rule of God from Jerusalem

“Instruction[g] will proceed from Zion,
    and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He will judge between the nations,
    and will render verdicts[h] for the benefit of many.[i]

“They will beat their swords into plowshares,
    and their spears into pruning hooks;
nations will not raise swords against nations,
    and they will not learn warfare anymore.

“You house of Jacob!

Come! Let’s live[j] in the Lord’s light.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:1 Lit. observed
  2. Isaiah 2:2 So 4QIsae MT LXX; 1QIsaa lacks of mountains
  3. Isaiah 2:2 Or will flow over; so 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsae 4QIsaf MT LXX read will travel to; cf. Mic 4:1
  4. Isaiah 2:3 Lit. Many peoples
  5. Isaiah 2:3 So 1QIsaa 4QIsaf; 4QIsae MT read to the Lord’s mountain, to
  6. Isaiah 2:3 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX, Mic 4:2; 4QIsae MT LXX read he
  7. Isaiah 2:3 Or For the law
  8. Isaiah 2:4 Or judgment
  9. Isaiah 2:4 Lit. many peoples
  10. Isaiah 2:5 Lit. walk