Isaiah 2:4

He will judge between the nations and will render decisions for many peoples; 1 they will hammer their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; 1 nation will not lift up sword against nation, nor will they train for war any longer. 1

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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 will come and say, 1 “Come, let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob, 1 so he may teach us some of his ways, and we may walk in his paths.” 1 For out of Zion will go the law, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem. 1

5House of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of Yahweh. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 46:9He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; 1 he breaks the bow and cuts the spear into pieces; 1 he burns up the shields. 1

Psalms 72:3May the mountains produce peace for the people; 1 may the hills produce righteousness. 1

Psalms 96:13before Yahweh, for he is coming. 1 He is coming to judge the earth. 1 He will judge the world with righteousness 1 and the peoples with his faithfulness.

Isaiah 9:5For every boot treading in the tumult 1 and the garments rolled in blood 1 will be burned, fuel for the fire. 1

Isaiah 11:3His delight will be the fear of the Lord; 1 he will not judge by what his eyes see, nor decide by what his ears hear. 1

Isaiah 11:6The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, 1 the calf, the young lion and the fattened calf, together. 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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