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THE MESSAGE
Isaiah 2:1
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The vision that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
This is what Yesha`yahu the son of Amotz saw concerning Yehudah and Yerushalayim.
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
Isaiah son of Amoz saw this message about Judah and Jerusalem:
The word [from God] which Isaiah son of Amoz saw [in a vision] concerning [the nation of] Judah and [its capital city] Jerusalem.
This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
The worde that Isaiah the sonne of Amoz sawe vpon Iudah and Ierusalem.
The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz beheld concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
This is the message that I was given about Judah and Jerusalem:
This is the word that Yesha‘yahu the son of Amotz saw concerning Y'hudah and Yerushalayim:
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
Isaiah son of Amoz received this message about Judah and Jerusalem.
THE word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
Here is the message which God gave to Isaiah son of Amoz about Judah and Jerusalem:
The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
The Word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
Morouer this is the worde that was opened vnto Esaye the sonne of Amos, vpon Iuda and Ierusalem.
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
The word which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw about Judah and Jerusalem.
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
The word that Isaiah, the sonne of Amoz, sawe concerning Iudah and Ierusalem.
The selfe same worde that Esai the sonne of Amos sawe vpon Iuda and Hierusalem.
The word which came to Esaias the son of Amos concerning Judea, and concerning Jerusalem.
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
The word which Ysaie, the sone of Amos, siy on Juda and Jerusalem.
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
Here is the message about Judah and Jerusalem that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz.
Micah 4:1-5">[xr] The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
This is a vision that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw about Judah and Jerusalem that was coming:
The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
That which Isaiah, son of Amoz saw in vision, - concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
The word that Isaias the son of Amos saw, concerning Juda and Jerusalem.
The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
The thing that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
saw: Isaiah 1:1, Isaiah 13:1, Amos 1:1, Micah 1:1, Micah 6:9, Habakkuk 1:1
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 19:2 - the son of Amoz Jeremiah 1:1 - words Micah 4:1 - in the last Luke 24:47 - among Acts 3:19 - when Acts 13:47 - that thou Romans 11:25 - until 2 Peter 3:12 - melt
Cross-References
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don't see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
At the time God made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or shrubs had sprouted from the ground— God hadn't yet sent rain on Earth, nor was there anyone around to work the ground (the whole Earth was watered by underground springs)— God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive—a living soul!
Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.
He wrote on, "Blessed be the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, and who gave King David a son so wise, so knowledgeable and shrewd, to build a temple for God and a palace for himself. I've sent you Huram-Abi—he's already on his way—he knows the construction business inside and out. His mother is from Dan and his father from Tyre. He knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, in purple, violet, linen, and crimson textiles; he is also an expert engraver and competent to work out designs with your artists and architects, and those of my master David, your father.
Then on the twenty-fourth day of this month, the People of Israel gathered for a fast, wearing burlap and faces smudged with dirt as signs of repentance. The Israelites broke off all relations with foreigners, stood up, and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their parents. While they stood there in their places, they read from the Book of The Revelation of God , their God, for a quarter of the day. For another quarter of the day they confessed and worshiped their God . A group of Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani—stood on the platform and cried out to God , their God, in a loud voice. The Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, "On your feet! Bless God , your God, for ever and ever!" Blessed be your glorious name, exalted above all blessing and praise! You're the one, God , you alone; You made the heavens, the heavens of heavens, and all angels; The earth and everything on it, the seas and everything in them; You keep them all alive; heaven's angels worship you!
The skies were made by God 's command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out. He scooped Sea into his jug, put Ocean in his keg.
God 's Message, the God who created the cosmos, stretched out the skies, laid out the earth and all that grows from it, Who breathes life into earth's people, makes them alive with his own life: "I am God . I have called you to live right and well. I have taken responsibility for you, kept you safe. I have set you among my people to bind them to me, and provided you as a lighthouse to the nations, To make a start at bringing people into the open, into light: opening blind eyes, releasing prisoners from dungeons, emptying the dark prisons. I am God . That's my name. I don't franchise my glory, don't endorse the no-god idols. Take note: The earlier predictions of judgment have been fulfilled. I'm announcing the new salvation work. Before it bursts on the scene, I'm telling you all about it."
God , Creator of the heavens— he is, remember, G od. Maker of earth— he put it on its foundations, built it from scratch. He didn't go to all that trouble to just leave it empty, nothing in it. He made it to be lived in. This God says: "I am God , the one and only. I don't just talk to myself or mumble under my breath. I never told Jacob, ‘Seek me in emptiness, in dark nothingness.' I am God . I work out in the open, saying what's right, setting things right. So gather around, come on in, all you refugees and castoffs. They don't seem to know much, do they— those who carry around their no-god blocks of wood, praying for help to a dead stick? So tell me what you think. Look at the evidence. Put your heads together. Make your case. Who told you, and a long time ago, what's going on here? Who made sense of things for you? Wasn't I the one? God ? It had to be me. I'm the only God there is— The only God who does things right and knows how to help. So turn to me and be helped—saved!— everyone, whoever and wherever you are. I am God , the only God there is, the one and only. I promise in my own name: Every word out of my mouth does what it says. I never take back what I say. Everyone is going to end up kneeling before me. Everyone is going to end up saying of me, ‘Yes! Salvation and strength are in God !'" All who have raged against him will be brought before him, disgraced by their unbelief. And all who are connected with Israel will have a robust, praising, good life in God !
"Pay close attention now: I'm creating new heavens and a new earth. All the earlier troubles, chaos, and pain are things of the past, to be forgotten. Look ahead with joy. Anticipate what I'm creating: I'll create Jerusalem as sheer joy, create my people as pure delight. I'll take joy in Jerusalem, take delight in my people: No more sounds of weeping in the city, no cries of anguish; No more babies dying in the cradle, or old people who don't enjoy a full lifetime; One-hundredth birthdays will be considered normal— anything less will seem like a cheat. They'll build houses and move in. They'll plant fields and eat what they grow. No more building a house that some outsider takes over, No more planting fields that some enemy confiscates, For my people will be as long-lived as trees, my chosen ones will have satisfaction in their work. They won't work and have nothing come of it, they won't have children snatched out from under them. For they themselves are plantings blessed by God , with their children and grandchildren likewise God -blessed. Before they call out, I'll answer. Before they've finished speaking, I'll have heard. Wolf and lamb will graze the same meadow, lion and ox eat straw from the same trough, but snakes—they'll get a diet of dirt! Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill anywhere on my Holy Mountain," says God .
But the Portion-of-Jacob is the real thing. He put the whole universe together And pays special attention to Israel. His name? God -of-the-Angel-Armies!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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:
concerning Judah and Jerusalem; the church and people of God, and what should befall them and their enemies in the latter day: this inscription stands for this and the three following chapters.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 “future events” or “things” that would happen in regard to Judah and Jerusalem.
Judah ... - see the notes at Isaiah 1:1.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER II
Prophecy concerning the kingdom of the Messiah, and the
conversion of the Gentile world, 1-5.
Great wickedness and idolatry of the unbelieving Jews, 6-9.
Terrible consternation that will seize the wicked, who shall in
vain seek for rocks and mountains to hide them from the face
of God in the day of his judgments, 10-17.
Total destruction of idolatry in consequence of the
establishment of Messiah's kingdom, 18-21.
An exhortation to put no confidence in man, 22.
The prophecy contained in the second, third, and fourth chapters, makes one continued discourse. The first five verses of Isaiah 2:1-5 foretell the kingdom of Messiah, the conversion of the Gentiles, and their admission into it. From the sixth verse to the end of the second chapter Isaiah 2:6-22 is foretold the punishment of the unbelieving Jews for their idolatrous practices, their confidence in their own strength, and distrust of God's protection; and moreover the destruction of idolatry, in consequence of the establishment of Messiah's kingdom. The whole of the third chapter, with the first verse of the fourth, is a prophecy of the calamities of the Babylonian invasion and captivity; with a particular amplification of the distress of the proud and luxurious daughters of Sion; Isaiah 4:2-6 promises to the remnant, which shall have escaped this severe purgation, a future restoration to the favour and protection of God.
This prophecy was probably delivered in the time of Jotham, or perhaps in that of Uzziah, as Isaiah is said to have prophesied in his reign; to which time not any of his prophecies is so applicable as that of these chapters. The seventh verse of the second, and the latter part of the third chapter, plainly point out times in which riches abounded, and luxury and delicacy prevailed. Plenty of silver and gold could only arise from their commerce; particularly from that part of it which was carried on by the Red Sea. This circumstance seems to confine the prophecy within the limits above mentioned, while the port of Elath was in their hands; it was lost under Ahaz, and never recovered.
NOTES ON CHAP. II
