Isaiah 2:1

1 This is the message which Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.

Isaiah 2:1 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 2:1

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw
That is, the vision which he saw, for a new one here begins, though agreeable to what goes before; or the prophecy of future things, which he had given to him in a visionary way. The Targum paraphrases it,

``the word of prophecy, which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prophesied:''

or the thing, the "decree", as some choose to render it, the purpose of God concerning things to come, which was revealed to the prophet, and he here declares:

concerning Judah and Jerusalem;
the church and people of God, and what should befall them and their enemies in the latter day: this inscription stands for this and the three following chapters.

Isaiah 2:1 In-Context

1 This is the message which Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.

2 In the last days the mountain of the LORD's house will be established as the highest of the mountains and raised above the hills. All the nations will stream to it.

3 Then many people will come and say, "Let's go to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways so that we may live by them." The teachings will go out from Zion. The word of the LORD will go out from Jerusalem.

4 Then he will judge disputes between nations and settle arguments between many people. They will hammer their swords into plowblades and their spears into pruning shears. Nations will never fight against each other, and they will never train for war again.

5 Come, descendants of Jacob, let's live in the light of the LORD.