Isaiah 2:1–8

THE CITY OF PEACE

2The vision that Isaiah^t son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

²In^u the last days^v

the mountain of the Lord’s house^w will be established

at the top of the mountains

and will be raised above the hills.

All nations will stream to it,^x

³and many peoples will come and say,

“Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord,

to the house of the God of Jacob.^y

He will teach us about his ways

so that we may walk in his paths.”

For instruction will go out of Zion

and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

⁴He will settle disputes among the nations

and provide arbitration for many peoples.

They will beat their swords into plows

and their spears into pruning knives.^z

Nation will not take up the sword against nation,

and they will never again train for war.^aa

THE DAY OF THE LORD

⁵House of Jacob,

come and let’s walk in the Lord’s light.^ab

⁶For you have abandoned^ac your people,

the house of Jacob,

because they are full of divination from the East

and of fortune-tellers^a like the Philistines.^b

They are in league^B with foreigners.

⁷Their^CD land is full of silver and gold,

and there is no limit to their treasures;

their land is full of horses,

and there is no limit to their chariots.^c

⁸Their land is full of worthless idols;^d

they worship the work of their hands,

what their fingers have made.^e