Isaiah 2:1-4:6

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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:1-4

Hope and fear to be both called out as motives by the preacher. Already in the first chapter Isaiah has appealed to both motives, and while for the most part denouncing Israel's sins, and declaring their coming punishment, has taken care to intersperse among these warnings announcements of a more cheerful character (see particularly verses 9, 19, and 25-27). Now, being about to devote almost two whole chapters to denunciations, he prefaces them with one of the most glorious and joy-inspiring... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 2:1

Isaiah 2:1. The word that Isaiah saw The matter, or thing, as the Hebrew word, הדבר , commonly signifies; the prophecy or vision. He speaks of the prophecy contained in this and the two following chapters, which makes one continued discourse. “The first five verses of this chapter foretel the kingdom of the Messiah, the conversion of the Gentiles, and their admission into it. From the 6th verse to the end of this second chapter is foretold the punishment of the unbelieving Jews for their... read more

Donald C. Fleming

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 2:1

The word that = That which. Compare Micah 4:1-3 , written seventeen years later. saw = saw in vision See note on Isaiah 1:1 . concerning Judah, &c. The repetition of Isaiah 1:1 shows that Isa 1 is to be regarded as a summary Introduction to the whole book, read more

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