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.
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- 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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