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{{Short description|Book of Isaiah, chapter 2}}
{{Bible chapter|letname= Isaiah 2 |previouslink= Isaiah 1 |previousletter= chapter 1 |nextlink= Isaiah 3 |nextletter= chapter 3 |book=[[Book of Isaiah]] |biblepart=[[Old Testament]] | booknum= 23 |hbiblepart= [[Nevi'im]] | hbooknum = 5 |category= [[Nevi'im|Latter Prophets]] | filename= Great Isaiah Scroll.jpg |size=242px | name=Great Isaiah Scroll |caption=<div style="width: 242px; text-align: center; line-height: 1em">The [[Great Isaiah Scroll]], the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at [[Qumran]] from the second century BC, contains all the verses in this chapter.</div>}}

'''Isaiah 2''' is the second [[Chapters and verses of the Bible|chapter]] of the [[Book of Isaiah]] in the [[Hebrew Bible]] or the [[Old Testament]] of the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Bible]].{{sfn|Coggins|2007|p=439}} This book contains the prophecies attributed to the [[Biblical prophet|prophet]] [[Isaiah]], and is one of the [[Nevi'im|Books of the Prophets]].{{sfn|Coggins|2007|pp=433–436}}

== Text ==
The original text was written in [[Biblical Hebrew|Hebrew language]]. [[Chapters and verses of the Bible|This chapter is divided into]] 22 verses.

===Textual witnesses===
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in [[Biblical Hebrew|Hebrew]] are of the [[Masoretic Text]] tradition, which includes the [[Codex Cairensis]] (895), [[Codex Babylonicus Petropolitanus|the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets]] (916), [[Aleppo Codex]] (10th century), [[Leningrad Codex|Codex Leningradensis]] (1008).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=35-37}}

Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] (3rd century BC or later):{{sfn|Ulrich|2010|p=333-335}}
*[[Isaiah scroll|1QIsa<sup>a</sup>]]: complete
* 4QIsa<sup>a</sup> (4Q55): extant: verses 7-10
* 4QIsa<sup>b</sup> (4Q56): extant: verses 3-16
* 4QIsa<sup>f</sup> (4Q60): extant: verses 1-3
* 4QIsa<sup>l</sup> (4Q65): extant: verses 1-4

There is also a translation into [[Koine Greek]] known as the [[Septuagint]], made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the [[Septuagint]] version include [[Codex Vaticanus]] ('''B'''; <math> \mathfrak{G}</math><sup>B</sup>; 4th century), [[Codex Sinaiticus]] ('''S'''; [[Biblia Hebraica (Kittel)|BHK]]: <math> \mathfrak{G}</math><sup>S</sup>; 4th century), [[Codex Alexandrinus]] ('''A'''; <math> \mathfrak{G}</math><sup>A</sup>; 5th century) and [[Codex Marchalianus]] ('''Q'''; <math> \mathfrak{G}</math><sup>Q</sup>; 6th century).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=73-74}}

===Old Testament references===
{{bibleverse|Micah|4:1-3|KJV}} is very similar to [[#Verse 2|Isaiah 2:2]]-[[#Verse 4|4]].{{sfn|Coggins|2007|p=440}}

==Parashot==
The ''[[parashah]]'' sections listed here are based on the [[Aleppo Codex]].<ref>As implemented in the [http://mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et0.htm Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English].</ref> Isaiah 2 is a part of the ''Prophecies about Judah and Israel ([[Isaiah 1]][[Isaiah 12|-12]])''. {P}: open ''parashah''<!--; {S}: closed ''parashah''-->.
: {P} 2:1-4 {P} 2:5-11 {P} 2:12-22 {P}

==The mountain of the Lord's house (2:1–4)==
This part is the beginning of an oracle which comprises chapters 2-[[Isaiah 4|4]], with the basic theme of the glorious future of Jerusalem.{{sfn|Coggins|2007|pp=439–440}}

===Verse 1===
:''The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.''<ref>{{bibleverse|Isaiah|2:1|KJV}} [[King James Version|KJV]]</ref>
A new superscription inserted here may serve to emphasize the originality of this prophecy as Isaiah's, as the subsequent words of oracle (verses 2–4) can also be found, with minor differences, in the [[Book of Micah]].{{sfn|Coggins|2007|p=440}}

===Verse 2===
:''And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.''<ref>{{bibleverse|Isaiah|2:2|KJV}} KJV</ref>
The oracle in verses 2–4 bears a close similarity to {{bibleverse|Micah|4:1-3|9}} but with a different conclusion.{{sfn|Coggins|2007|p=440}}

===Verse 3===
:''And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of JEHOVAH, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of JEHOVAH from Jerusalem.''<ref>{{bibleverse|Isaiah|2:3|KJV}} KJV</ref>
*Cross reference: [[Isaiah 11:10]]; [[Isaiah 43:6]]; [[Isaiah 49:22]]; [[Isaiah 60:3]]; [[Isaiah 66:12]]

===Verse 4===
[[File:Isaiah Wall.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Bible verse [[Isaiah 2:4]] ([[King James Version|KJV]]) written on a wall across the street from the [[headquarters of the United Nations]] in [[New York City]]]]
:''And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.''<ref>{{bibleverse|Isaiah|2:4|KJV}} KJV</ref>
*Cross reference: [[Micah 4:3]]
Many speeches and movements concerned with peace and the adaptation of [[military technology]] to peaceful uses have adopted the phrase "[[Swords to ploughshares|swords into plowshares]]". The verse is a reversal of {{bibleverse|Joel|3:10|9}}, where the [[Plowshare|ploughshares]] and pruning hooks are to become swords and spears, as it is related to 'the need for continued conflict'.{{sfn|Coggins|2007|p=440}}

==The day of Jehovah (2:5–22)==
This section contains an oracle about "the day of Jehovah" which brings together two basic themes in the book of Isaiah: "the vanity of human self-confidence" and "the folly of worshipping false gods".{{sfn|Coggins|2007|p=440}}

===Verse 5===
: ''O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.''<ref>{{bibleverse|Isaiah|2:5|KJV}} KJV</ref>

The first part of this verse in [[Hebrew]]: "בית יעקב לכו ונלכה" ''Beit Ya'akov Lekhu Venelkha'' ("House of Jacob, let us go [up]") is the basis of the [[acronym]] "[[Bilu (movement)|Bilu]]" (Hebrew בילו) which became the name of a twentieth-century movement in [[Israel]].<ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/belkind.html Israel Belkind (1861-1929)] - [[Jewish Virtual Library]]</ref>

===Verse 6===
:''Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.''<ref>{{bibleverse|Isaiah|2:6|KJV}} KJV</ref>
*"They be replenished from the east" ([[King James Version]]) or "They are filled with eastern ways" ([[New King James Version]]): This phrase is rendered in the [[Revised Version]] as "''they be filled with customs from the east''", which is consistent with the following words:
::''... and of soothsayers like the Philistines.''<ref name=pulpit>Exell, Joseph S.; Spence-Jones, Henry Donald Maurice (Editors). [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/2.htm  On "Isaiah 2".] In: ''The [[Pulpit Commentary]]''. 23 volumes. First publication: 1890. Accessed 24 April 2019.</ref>
This verse starts the actual new section, following [[#Verse 5|verse 5]] which is only linked by the phrase 'house of Jacob'.{{sfn|Coggins|2007|p=440}}

===Verse 22===
:''Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?''<ref>{{bibleverse|Isaiah|2:22|KJV}} KJV</ref>
The [[New King James Version]] renders this verse:
:''Sever yourselves from such a man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?''
This verse is not found in the [[Septuagint]],{{sfn|Coggins|2007|p=441}} and could be a later insertion in Isaiah's prophecy.<ref>[[Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges]]. [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/isaiah/2.htm Isaiah 2]. Accessed 28 April 2019.</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Christian messianic prophecies]]
*[[Guns into Plowshares]]
*[[Jewish messianism]]
*[[Messianic prophecies of Jesus]]
*[[Starry Plough (flag)]] or [[Plough flag]]
*[[Swords to ploughshares]]
*Related [[Bible]] parts: [[Isaiah 51]], [[Micah 2]], [[Micah 4]], [[Ephesians 2]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== Sources ==
*{{cite book|last= Coggins | first= R | chapter = 22. Isaiah | title=The Oxford Bible Commentary | editor-first1=John| editor-last1=Barton |editor1-link = John Barton (theologian) | editor-first2=John| editor-last2= Muddiman |editor2-link = John Muddiman | publisher = Oxford University Press |edition= first (paperback) | date = 2007 | pages = 433–486 | isbn = 978-0199277186 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJdVkgEACAAJ| access-date=February 6, 2019}}
*{{Cite book | editor-last = Ulrich | editor-first = Eugene | editor-link = Eugene Ulrich | title = The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants | year = 2010 | publisher = Brill | url = https://archive.org/details/TheBiblicalQumranScrolls |access-date= May 15, 2017 | isbn= 9789004181830
}}
*{{cite book | last = Würthwein | first = Ernst | authorlink = Ernst Würthwein | title = The Text of the Old Testament | publisher = Wm. B. Eerdmans |location = Grand Rapids, MI | year= 1995 | translator-first1 = Erroll F.| translator-last1 = Rhodes |isbn = 0-8028-0788-7 | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FSNKSBObCYwC | access-date= January 26, 2019}}

== External links ==
=== Jewish ===
*[http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1002.htm Isaiah 2: Hebrew with Parallel English]

=== Christian ===
*[http://www.latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=0&b=27&c=2 Isaiah 2 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918232432/http://latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=0&b=27&c=2 |date=2020-09-18 }}

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