Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 2:7
Isaiah 2:7. Their land also is full of silver, &c.— In the original, this consists of a stanza of four verses, in which the construction of the two members is alternate; their land is full of silver, answering to their land is full of horses; as, neither is there any end of their treasures, does to neither is there any end of their chariots. The express orders of Moses against multiplying horses were intended to prevent the Israelites from having any commerce with Egypt, remarkable for its... read more
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:1-22
Jerusalem as it should be and as it is (2:1-22)God’s people always looked for the day when Jerusalem would be the religious centre of the world, where people of all nations would go to be taught the ways of God. In that day there would be no more war, but contentment and prosperity (2:1-4). (A note on the new Jerusalem is included in the introduction to Chapters 40-66, where the subject of Jerusalem’s future glory is considered more fully.) Such hope for the future is all the more reason why... read more