Isaiah 2:4
And he will be the judge between the nations, and the peoples will be ruled by his decisions: and their swords will be turned into plough-blades, and their spears into vine-knives: no longer will the nations be turning their swords against one another, and the knowledge of war will be gone for ever.
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5O family of Jacob, come, and let us go in the light of the Lord.
Cross References
Psalms 46:9\46:8\Come, see the works of the Lord, the destruction which he has made in the earth.
Psalms 72:3May the mountains give peace to the people, and the hills righteousness.
Psalms 96:13Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith.
Isaiah 9:5For every boot of the man of war with his sounding step, and the clothing rolled in blood, will be for burning, food for the fire.
Isaiah 11:3And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears:
Isaiah 11:6And the wolf will be living with the lamb, and the leopard will take his rest with the young goat; and the lion will take grass for food like the ox; and the young lion will go with the young ones of the herd; and a little child will be their guide.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 2:2-6
Increase of the Church Predicted. ( b. c. 758.) 1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord 's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord , to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his… Read the whole commentary →