Isaiah 2:1-4 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:1-4

The golden age. I. THE BLESSED OR GOLDEN AGE A SUBJECT OF EARLY PROPHECY . It is believed that we have in these verses a very ancient oracle, first delivered by the earlier prophet Joel (see Joel 3:10 ), and from him repeated by Isaiah and Micah ( Micah 4:1-4 ). An eternal hopefulness lived in the heart of the great prophets, like a light shining in a dark place, amidst all the scenes of national sin and depression. What has been said of true poetry is to be said of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:1-5

The promised future: a missionary sermon. I. THAT DIVINE TRUTH WILL KNOW A TIME OF GLORIOUS ELEVATION . The "last days" ( Isaiah 2:2 ) may be distant days, may be "afar off" still, but they are coming ; we are steadily advancing to them. The "mountain of the Lord's house" may be low down today, but it will rise; it may be but as a hill of sacred truth obscured among the mountains of error. But God's high purpose shall surely be fulfilled in time; the day will dawn... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:2

In the last days ; literally, in the sequel of the days ; but generally used of a remote future ( Genesis 49:1 ; Numbers 24:14 ; Deuteronomy 4:30 , etc.). The mountain of the Lord's house ; i.e. the Church, the true Zion, which is to be the antitype of the existing Zion, and is therefore given its material attributes. Spiritually, it would be a "mountain," as "a city set on a hill," which "could not be hid" ( Matthew 5:14 ); and again, as occupying a position from which it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:2-4

PROPHECY OF THE LAST DAYS . The resemblance of this prophecy to Micah 4:1-3 is so close as to necessitate the conclusion either that one of the two prophets copied from the other, or that both copied from an earlier document. The latter view, which is that taken by Rosenmüller, Maurer, De Wette, Meier, and Mr. Cheyne, seems preferable. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:3

Many people ; rather, many peoples . Shall go ; or, set forth . The prophet means to represent the nations as encouraging one another on the way. There is no jealousy among them, for the "mountain" can hold them all. He will teach us . The nations feel their ignorance of God, and their need of "teaching." God alone can teach them concerning himself ( Romans 11:33 , Romans 11:34 ; 1 Corinthians 2:10 , 1 Corinthians 2:11 ); and "he will teach" them, either directly, as the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:3

Real religious revival "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." Here is the tide of national feeling, no longer on the ebb, but on the flow. God is "to teach them his ways, and they are to walk in his paths;" for they have found out that pleasure gained by sin is peace bartered. Elevation of the truest kind is to be theirs now. This is the image of their uplifted state. They are to go up to the mountain of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:3

The attractions of the gospel Church. The earthly Jerusalem, which was thought of as a mountain surrounded by mountains, but superior to them all, is in the prophet's mind, and it gives form to his thought of the Gospel times—the setting up of the Christian Church, and the planting of the Christian religion in the world. Christianity shall then be the "mountain of the Lord's house," or the "Lord's mountain house," exalted above all other religions, and made the rendezvous of all the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:4

He shall judge among the nations . This is clearly not yet fulfilled. How God shall ultimately "judge among the nations," or rather "between nation and nation," is a mystery which only the future can reveal. It has been supposed that "by his providential retributions he will decide those international questions out of which war ordinarily springs" (Kay). But it would seem to be at least as likely that he will bring the nations to such a pitch of wisdom and moderation, that they will... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:4

War no more. It seems that the reign of Uzziah was famous for the invention of new weapons of war ( 2 Chronicles 26:11-15 ). Isaiah, observing this, contrasts with it the good time coming, when righteousness rules the relations of kings and kingdoms; and when Messiah, the Prince of righteousness, and therefore Prince of peace, judges among the nations. If Christ really reigned, and held the allegiance of every man and of every nation, all disputes could be settled by arbitration; if each... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 2:1

The word - This indicates that this is the commencement of a new prophecy. It has no immediate connection with the preceding. It was delivered doubtless at a different time, and with reference to a different class of events. In the previous chapter the term “vision” is used Isaiah 2:1, but the meaning is substantially the same. The term “word” דבר dâbâr, denotes a “command, a promise, a doctrine, an oracle, a revelation, a message, a thing,” etc. It means here, that Isaiah foresaw certain... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:2-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 2:1

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