Isaiah 2:4

He will judge between the nations, 2 and will decide concerning many peoples; 2 and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, 2 and their spears into pruning hooks. 1 Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, 2 neither shall they learn war any more. 1

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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

3Many peoples shall go and say, 2 “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Adonai, 2 to the house of the God of Jacob [Supplanter]; 2 and he will teach us of his ways, 2 and we will walk in his paths.” 1 For out of Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking] Torah ·Teaching· shall go forth, 2 and Adonai’s word from Jerusalem [City of peace]. 1

5House of Jacob [Supplanter], come, and let us walk in the light of Adonai. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 46:9He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. 2 He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. 2 He burns the chariots in the fire. 1

Psalms 72:3The mountains shall bring peace and prosperity to the people. 2 The hills bring the fruit of righteousness. 1

Psalms 96:13before Adonai; for he comes, 2 for he comes to judge the earth. 1 He will judge the world + 96:13. Quoted in Acts 17:31 with righteousness, 2 the peoples with his truth.

Isaiah 9:5For all the armor of the armed man in the noisy battle, and the garments rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.

Isaiah 11:3+ 11:3 (3-4) MP: Messiah has spiritual quickening, meaning discernment, to fear God rather than people, thus making right judgments based on God’s instructions (Lev 19:15). (Consider also Is 42:1, 42:1). (Mark 12:41-44) His delight will be in the fear of Adonai. 1 He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, 2 neither decide by the hearing of his ears; 1

Isaiah 11:6The wolf will live with the lamb, 2 and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; 2 The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; 2 and a little child will 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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