Isaiah 2:1-5

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 2:1-5

The particular title of this sermon (Isa. 2:1) is the same with the general title of the book (Isa. 1:1), only that what is there called the vision is here called the word which Isaiah saw (or the matter, or thing, which he saw), the truth of which he had as full an assurance of in his own mind as if he had seen it with his bodily eyes. Or this word was brought to him in a vision; something he saw when he received this message from God. John turned to see the voice that spoke with him. Rev.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:2

And it shall come to pass in the last days ,.... The days of the Messiah, as Aben Ezra rightly interprets it; and it is a rule laid down by Kimchi and Ben Melech, that wherever the last days are mentioned, the days of the Messiah are intended. The days of the Messiah commenced in the latter part of the Old Testament dispensation, or Jewish world, towards the close of their civil and church state, at the end of which he was to come, Habakkuk 2:3 and accordingly did, which is called the end... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:3

And many people shall go and say ,.... This is a prophecy of the numerous conversions among the Gentiles in the latter day, and agrees with Zechariah 8:20 and even the author of the old Nizzachon F16 Apud Wagenseil. Tela ignea, p. 29. interprets it of the gathering of the people to the Messiah. Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob ; the church of Christ, so called; See Gill on Isaiah 2:2 . This expresses the concern that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:4

And he shall judge among the nations ,.... Or, "it shall judge"; either the mountain of the Lord's house, as Abarbinel thinks, that is, the church; for in the spiritual reign of Christ, in the latter day, the judgment shall be given to the saints of the most High, and they shall possess the kingdom; the power of civil government will be in their hands, and they shall judge the world; for kings will then be nursing fathers to them, and queens nursing mothers. Or the law and word of the Lord,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:5

O house of Jacob ,.... This is either an exhortation of the prophet to the men of his generation, to attend to the light of the law, which the Lord had given them, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi; or rather, as the Targum and Jarchi suggest, an exhortation of the nations to the people of Israel, and are indeed the words of the converted Gentiles to the people of the Jews, being concerned for their conversion and spiritual welfare, as will appear in the latter day; when they will not only encourage... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:2

In the last days "In the latter days" - "Wherever the latter times are mentioned in Scripture, the days of the Messiah are always meant," says Kimchi on this place: and, in regard to this place, nothing can be more clear and certain. And the mountain of the Lord's house, says the same author, is Mount Moriah, on which the temple was built. The prophet Micah, Micah 4:1-4 , has repeated this prophecy of the establishment of the kingdom of Christ, and of its progress to universality and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:3

To the house - The conjunction ו vau is added by nineteen of Kennicott's, thirteen of De Rossi's MSS., one of my own, and two editions, the Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Arabic, and some copies of the Targum; And to the house. It makes the sentence more emphatic. He will teach us of his ways - Unless God grant a revelation of his will, what can we know? We will walk in his paths - Unless we purpose to walk in the light, of what use can that light be to us? For out of Zion shall... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:4

Neither shall they learn war any more - If wars are necessary, how deep must that fall be that renders them so! But what a reproach to humanity is the trade of war! Men are regularly instructed in it, as in any of the necessary arts. "How to dislodge most souls from their frail shrines By bomb, sword, ball, and bayonet, is the art Which some call great and glorious!" And is this a necessary part of a finished education in civilized society? O Earth! Earth! Earth! read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:1

TITLE OF THE CHAPTER . It is generally allowed that the heading belongs, not to this chapter only, but to a section of the work, beginning here and ending at the close, either of Isaiah 4:1-6 . or of Isaiah 5:1-30 . It is probable that the section was originally published separately. read more

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