Isaiah 2:2

Isaiah 2:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’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.
• New International Version (NIV)In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the Lord’s house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it.

Context of Isaiah 2:2

1Here is the message about Judah and Jerusalem that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz. In the future the mountain of the Lord’s temple will endure as the most important of mountains, and will be the most prominent of hills. All the nations will stream to it, 3many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards.” For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem. 4He will judge disputes between nations; he will settle cases for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not take up the sword against other nations, and they will no longer train for war.

Isaiah 2:2 word by word

וְהָיָ֣ה׀ בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית הַיָּמִ֗ים נָכ֨וֹן יִֽהְיֶ֜ה הַ֤ר בֵּית־יְהוָה֙ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ הֶהָרִ֔ים וְנִשָּׂ֖א מִגְּבָע֑וֹת וְנָהֲר֥וּ אֵלָ֖יו כָּל־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it shall come to pass in the lastאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• the mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• of the Lord’sיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• shall be establishedכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
• in the topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
• and shall be exaltedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• above the hillsגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• and all nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• shall flowנָהַרnâhar · to flowH5102

Cross-references for Isaiah 2:2

• Micah 4:1In the future the Lord’s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; it will be more prominent than other hills. People will stream to it.
• Genesis 49:1Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather together so I can tell you what will happen to you in the future.
• Numbers 24:14And now, I am about to go back to my own people. Come now, and I will advise you as to what this people will do to your people in the future.”
• Job 19:25As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.
• Jeremiah 23:20The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you people will come to understand this clearly.
• Jeremiah 30:24The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you will come to understand this.
• Jeremiah 48:47Yet in days to come I will reverse Moab’s ill fortune.” says the Lord. The judgment against Moab ends here.
• Jeremiah 49:39“Yet in days to come I will reverse Elam’s ill fortune.” says the Lord.
• Ezekiel 38:16You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may acknowledge me, when before their eyes I magnify myself through you, O Gog.
• Daniel 2:28However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the times to come. The dream and the visions you had while lying on your bed are as follows.
• Daniel 10:14Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to future days.”
• Acts 2:17‘And in the last days it will be,’ God says, ‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
• 2 Timothy 3:1But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
• Hebrews 1:2in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.
• 2 Peter 3:3Above all, understand this: In the last days blatant scoffers will come, being propelled by their own evil urges
• Isaiah 30:29You will sing as you do in the evening when you are celebrating a festival. You will be happy like one who plays a flute as he goes to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock who shelters Israel.

Commentaries on Isaiah 2:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2In the last days "In the latter days" - "Wherever the latter times are mentioned in Scripture, the days of the Messiah are always meant," says Kimchi on this place: and, in regard to this place, nothing can be more clear and certain. And the mountain of the Lord's house, says the same author, is Mount Moriah, on which the temple was built. The prophet Micah, Micah 4:1-4, has repeated this prophecy of the establishment of the kingdom of Christ, and of its…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2In the last days - הימים באחרית be'achărı̂yth hāyâmı̂ym In the “after” days; in the “futurity” of days; that is, in the time to come. This is an expression that often occurs in the Old Testament. It does not of itself refer to any “particular” period, and especially not, as our translation would seem to indicate, to the end of the world. The expression properly denotes “only future time” in general. But the prophets were accustomed to concentrate all…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2In the Old Testament, the phrase the last days generally refers to a future time (see Jeremiah 49:39; Ezekiel 38:16; Hosea 3:5). In the New Testament, it refers to the period that started with the arrival of Jesus (Hebrews 1:2). More specifically, it refers to the time just before the end of the current age (2 Peter 3:3). The mountain of the Lord’s house refers to the Temple Mount. This place symbolizes God’s glorious exaltation (see Isaiah 6:1) and his…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Same as Mi 4:1. As Micah prophesied in Jotham's reign, and Isaiah in Uzziah's, Micah rests on Isaiah, whom he confirms: not vice versa. Hengstenberg on slight grounds makes Mi 4:1 the original. last days--that is, Messiah's: especially the days yet to come, to which all prophecy hastens, when "the house of the God of Jacob," namely, at Jerusalem, shall be the center to which the converted nations shall flock together (Mt 13:32; Lu 2:31, 32; Ac 1:6, 7)…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 2:2

• Church
• Gentiles
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jesus, the Christ
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Last Days
• Abolish
• Lofty
• Proportion
• Proselyte
• Teach
• Temple
• Terribly
• Armor; Arms
• Christ, Offices of

Commentaries on Isaiah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings