The Future Glory of Jerusalem

2:1 Here is the message about Judah and Jerusalem1 that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz.2

2:2 In the future3

the mountain of the Lord’s temple will endure4

as the most important of mountains,

and will be the most prominent of hills.5

All the nations will stream to it,

2:3 many peoples will come and say,

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

to the temple of the God of Jacob,

so6 he can teach us his requirements,7

and8 we can follow his standards.”9

For Zion will be the center for moral instruction;10

the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem.11

2:4 He will judge disputes between nations;

he will settle cases for many peoples.

They will beat their swords into plowshares,12

and their spears into pruning hooks.13

Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,

and they will no longer train for war.

2:5 O descendants14 of Jacob,

come, let us walk in the Lord’s guiding light.15