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Isaiah 2:4-6
New Catholic Bible
Isaiah 2:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 He will judge between the nations
and serve as an arbiter for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
One nation will not lift up a sword against another,
nor will they ever again be trained for war.
The Lord’s Triumph Will Come[a]
5 Come, O house of Jacob,
let us walk in the light of the Lord.
6 For you, O Lord, have abandoned your people,
the house of Jacob.
They are surrounded by fortune tellers
and by soothsayers like the Philistines,
and they are allying themselves with foreigners.[b]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 2:5 Isaiah is probably referring here to the northern kingdom and its capital, Samaria, which were boasting of their prosperity at the very time when Assyrian invaders were already on the move (722 B.C.).
- Isaiah 2:6 Despite Israelite law and the preaching of the prophets, divination was widely practiced even in Palestine, as in the whole of the East.
Isaiah 2:4-6
New International Version
Isaiah 2:4-6
New International Version
4 He will judge(A) between the nations
and will settle disputes(B) for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.(C)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,(D)
nor will they train for war anymore.
The Day of the Lord
Isaiah 2:4-6
English Standard Version
Isaiah 2:4-6
English Standard Version
4 He shall judge between the nations,
and shall decide disputes for many peoples;
(A)and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
(B)nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore.
5 O house of Jacob,
come, let us walk
in (C)the light of the Lord.
The Day of the Lord
6 For you have rejected your people,
the house of Jacob,
because they are full of things (D)from the east
and (E)of fortune-tellers (F)like the Philistines,
and they (G)strike hands with the children of foreigners.
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English Standard Version (ESV) 
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