Isaiah 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets.
The original text was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 22 verses.
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).
Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls (3rd century BC or later):
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There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B;
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4:1-3 KJV is very similar to Isaiah 2:2-4.
The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex.[1] Isaiah 2 is a part of the Prophecies about Judah and Israel (Isaiah 1-12). : open parashah.
2:1-4 2:5-11 2:12-22
This part is the beginning of an oracle which comprises chapters 2-4, with the basic theme of the glorious future of Jerusalem.
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.[2] A new superscription inserted here may serve to emphasize the originality of this prophecy as Isaiah's, as the subsequent words of oracle (verses 2–4) can also be found, with minor differences, in the Book of Micah.
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] The oracle in verses 2–4 bears a close similarity to 4:1-3 9 but with a different conclusion.
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 paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.[4]
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.[5]
Many speeches and movements concerned with peace and the adaptation of military technology to peaceful uses have adopted the phrase "swords into plowshares". The verse is a reversal of 3:10 9, where the ploughshares and pruning hooks are to become swords and spears, as it is related to 'the need for continued conflict'.
This section contains an oracle about "the day of the Lord" which brings together two basic themes in the book of Isaiah: "the vanity of human self-confidence" and "the folly of worshipping false gods".
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the .[6]
The first part of this verse in Hebrew: "בית יעקב לכו ונלכה" Beit Ya'akov Lekhu Venelkha ("House of Jacob, let us go [up]") is the basis of the acronym "Bilu" (Hebrew בילו) which became the name of a twentieth-century movement in Israel.[7]
Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.[8]
... and of soothsayers like the Philistines.[9] This verse starts the actual new section, following verse 5 which is only linked by the phrase 'house of Jacob'.
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?[10] The New King James Version renders this verse:
Sever yourselves from such a man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?This verse is not found in the Septuagint, and could be a later insertion in Isaiah's prophecy.[11]
. Ernst Würthwein . The Text of the Old Testament . Wm. B. Eerdmans . Grand Rapids, MI . 1995 . Erroll F.. Rhodes . 0-8028-0788-7 . January 26, 2019.