Isaiah 2:4

And He shall judge among the Goyim, 1 and shall arbitrate for amim rabbim; 1 and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, 1 and their spears into pruning hooks; 1 Goy shall not lift up cherev against Goy, 1 neither shall they train for milchamah any more. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

In Context

3And amim rabbim (many peoples) shall come and say, 1 Come ye, and let us go up to Har Hashem, 1 to the Beis Elohei Ya'akov; 1 and He will teach us of His Derakhim, 1 and we will walk in His Orakhot; 1 for out of Tziyon shall go forth the torah, 1 and the Devar Hashem from Yerushalayim. 1

5O Bais Ya'akov, come ye, and let us walk 1 in the Ohr Hashem. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 46:9Come, behold the works of Hashem, 1 what desolations He hath made in ha'aretz. 1

Psalms 72:3The harim (mountains) shall bear shalom to the people, 1 and geva'ot (hills) in tzedakah. 1

Psalms 96:13Before Hashem; for He cometh, 1 for He cometh to judge ha'aretz; 1 He shall judge tevel betzedek (world in righteousness), 1 and Amim with His emunah (truth).

Isaiah 9:5For unto us a yeled is born, 1 unto us ben is given; 1 and the misrah (dominion) shall be upon his shoulder; 1 and Shmo shall be called 1 Peleh (Wonderful), Yoetz (Counsellor), El Gibbor (Mighty G-d), 1 Avi Ad (Possessor of Eternity), Sar Shalom (Prince of Peace). 1

Isaiah 11:3And His delight shall be in the Yir'at Hashem: 1 and He shall not judge after the sight of His eyes, 1 neither reprove after the hearing of His ears: 1

Isaiah 11:6The ze'ev (wolf) also shall dwell with the keves, 1 and the namer (leopard) shall lie down with the gedi (young goat); 1 and the egel and the lion whelp and the fatling together; 1 and a na'ar shall lead them. 1

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 →

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