Isaiah 2:1-5
New American Standard Bible
God’s Universal Reign
2 The word which (A)Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Now it will come about that
(B)In the last days
The (C)mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be established [a]as the chief of the mountains,
And will be raised above the hills;
And (D)all the nations will stream to it.
3 And many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
So that He may teach us [b]about His ways,
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For [c]the law will go out (E)from Zion
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 And He will judge between the nations,
And will mediate for many peoples;
And (F)they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning knives.
(G)Nation will not lift up a sword against nation,
And never again will they learn war.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 2:2 Lit on
- Isaiah 2:3 Or some of
- Isaiah 2:3 Or instruction
Isaiah 2:1-5
International Standard Version
A Message for Judah and Jerusalem
2 The message that Amoz’s son Isaiah received[a] concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
2 “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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 “You house of Jacob!
Come! Let’s live[j] in the Lord’s light.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Isaiah 2:1 Lit. observed
- Isaiah 2:2 So 4QIsae MT LXX; 1QIsaa lacks of mountains
- Isaiah 2:2 Or will flow over; so 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsae 4QIsaf MT LXX read will travel to; cf. Mic 4:1
- Isaiah 2:3 Lit. Many peoples
- Isaiah 2:3 So 1QIsaa 4QIsaf; 4QIsae MT read to the Lord’s mountain, to
- Isaiah 2:3 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX, Mic 4:2; 4QIsae MT LXX read he
- Isaiah 2:3 Or For the law
- Isaiah 2:4 Or judgment
- Isaiah 2:4 Lit. many peoples
- Isaiah 2:5 Lit. walk
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