Isaiah 2:5 NIV

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 2:5

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

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 2:5

O house of Jacob . "House of Jacob" is the common expression in Isaiah, instead of "house of Israel" (see Isaiah 8:17 ; Isaiah 10:20 ; Isaiah 14:1 ; Isaiah 29:22 ; Isaiah 46:3 ; Isaiah 48:1 ; Isaiah 58:1 ). It has no particular force, merely signifying "Israelites." Come ye, and let us walk. The same words as those of the "nations" in verse 3, "Come ye, and let us go up." As the nations will invite each other "in the last days," so the prophet now invites his countrymen to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:5

The wisdom of walking in the light. The prophet inserts a parenthesis which evidently expresses the deepest and strongest feelings of his heart. He is oppressed with a sense of the folly of those who deliberately go astray in the darkness, when they might walk on in the light of Divine truth toward the goal of human blessedness; hence his fervent exclamation, "O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us," etc. I. THE TRUTH OF GOD THE LIGHT OF THE HUMAN SOUL . Light is "that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:5

Walking in the light. That is in the path of present duty on which the light of revelation shines. The text is part of a spirited address to the Jews to avail themselves of the privileges they had. The prospects of a glorious peace-time must not keep them from fixing their thoughts on their immediate and pressing duty. It is right for us to cheer our souls by the look away to rest and heaven; but we must not lose the present opportunity in idle dreamings. The real way to win the heavenly is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:5-10

Purgation by judgment. The blessed age cannot yet come in. If we suppose the prophet to have been reading the previous oracle as a sabbath lesson out of the elder prophet Joel's scroll, he adds the exhortation, "Let us walk in the light of Jehovah!" Then a sudden pause. For he calls to mind the present corrupt condition of the nation. They cannot pass over to that new and happy condition of things as they now are. Peace can only be the fruit of righteousness. God cannot impart blessings for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:5-11

THE CONTRAST OF THE PRESENT WITH THE FUTURE . Having shown to Israel the vision of a far-distant future, when holiness and peace would reign upon the earth, and "the mountain of the Lord's house" would draw all men into it, the prophet returns to things as they are—first exhorting Israel to "walk in the light of Jehovah' ( Isaiah 2:5 ), and then showing how far they have withdrawn from the light; Such being the case, punishment must come—mean and great must be equally... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 2:5

O house of Jacob - This is a direct address, or exhortation, of the prophet to the Jews. It is made in view of the fact that God had gracious purposes toward them. He intended to distinguish them by making them the source of blessings to all nations. As this was to be their high destiny, he exhorts them to devote themselves to him, and to live to his honor. The word “house” here means the “family, or nation.” The phrase is applied to the Jews because their tribes were descended from the twelve... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 2:5

Isaiah 2:5. O house of Jacob, come ye Since the Gentiles will be thus ready and resolved to seek and serve the Lord, and to excite one another so to do, let this oblige and provoke you, O ye Israelites, to join with, or rather to go before them in this good work. “The prophet,” says Lowth, “addresses himself to those Jews of later times, that should live when the glad tidings of the gospel should be published; and exhorts them to make use of those means of grace which God would so... read more

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:5-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:5-11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 2:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 2:5

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