Isaiah 2:4 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 2:4

Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.

BSB

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ASV

And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

On the Incarnation of the Word 52:1 (373)

Who is the one who has done this, or who is the one who has joined together in peace people who once hated one another, except for the beloved Son of the Father, the Savior of all, even Jesus Christ, who because of his own love suffered all things for our salvation? For from ages past the peace he would initiate was promised.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And he shall judge among the nations,.... Or, "it shall judge"; either the mountain of the Lord's house, as Abarbinel thinks, that is, the church; for in the spiritual reign of Christ, in the latter day, the judgment shall be given to the saints of the most High, and they shall possess the kingdom; the power of civil government will be in their hands, and they shall judge the world; for kings will then be nursing fathers to them, and queens nursing mothers.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This does not make all war absolutely unlawful among Christians, nor is it a prophecy that in the days of the Messiah there shall be no wars. The Jews urge this against the Christians as an argument that Jesus is not the Messiah, because this promise is not fulfilled.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And it was by this gospel, which took rise from Jerusalem, that the gospel church was established on the top of the mountains. This was the rod of divine strength, that was sent forth out of Zion, Ps. cx. The erecting of the kingdom of the Redeemer in the world: He shall judge among the nations.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְשָׁפַט֙	ve.sha.Fat	and he will judge	H8199 →
בֵּ֣ין	bein	between	H996 →
הַגּוֹיִ֔ם	ha.go.Yim	the nations	H1471 →
וְהוֹכִ֖יחַ	ve.ho.Khi.ach	and he will decide	H3198 →
לְעַמִּ֣ים	le.'a.Mim	for peoples	H5971 →
רַבִּ֑ים	ra.Bim	many	H7227 →
וְכִתְּת֨וּ	ve.khi.te.Tu	and they will beat	H3807 →
חַרְבוֹתָ֜ם	char.vo.Tam	swords their	H2719 →
לְאִתִּ֗ים	le.'i.Tim	<into> plowshares	H855 →
וַחֲנִיתֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙	va.cha.ni.to.tei.Hem	and spears their	H2595 →
לְמַזְמֵר֔וֹת	le.maz.me.Rot	<into> pruning knives	H4211 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יִשָּׂ֨א	yi.Sa'	it will lift up	H5375 →
ג֤וֹי	Goy	nation	H1471 →
אֶל־	'el-	against	H413 →
גּוֹי֙	goy	nation	H1471 →
חֶ֔רֶב	Che.rev	sword	H2719 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
יִלְמְד֥וּ	yil.me.Du	they will learn	H3925 →
ע֖וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
מִלְחָמָֽה׃ פ	mil.cha.Mah	warfare	H4421 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hosea 2:18
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish…
leads to
- Ezekiel 34:25
  I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
- Ezekiel 39:9–10
  Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they…
- Isaiah 11:6–9
  The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
- Psalms 46:9
  He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- Isaiah 65:25
  The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all…
Through
Micah 4:3
Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take…
leads to
- Hosea 2:18
  On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joel 3:9–16
  Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
- Matthew 25:31–32
  When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.