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Isaiah 2

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Book of Isaiah

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Nevi'im

Isaiah 2

Isaiah 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Isaiah, and is a part of the Book of the Prophets.

Contents

Text

  • The original text is written in Hebrew language.
  • This chapter is divided into 22 verses.

    • Textual versions

    Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:

  • Masoretic Text (10th century)
  • Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)
  • 1QIsaa: complete
  • 4QIsaa (4Q55): extant: verses 7-10
  • 4QIsab (4Q56): extant: verses 3-16
  • 4QIsaf (4Q60): extant: verses 1-3
  • 4QIsal (4Q65): extant: verses 1-4

    • Ancient translations in Koine Greek:

  • Septuagint (3rd century BC)
  • Theodotion version (~AD 180)

    • Structure

    This chapter can be grouped:

  • Isaiah 2:1-4 = The Future House of God Micah 4:1-5
  • Isaiah 2:5-22 = The Day of the Lord

    • Verse 4

    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.

    Verse 5

    O house of Jacob, come and let us walk In the light of the Lord.

    The first part of this verse in Hebrew: "בית יעקב לכו ונלכה" Beit Ya'akov Lekhu Venelkha ("House of Jacob, let us go [up]") forms an acronym "Bilu" which becomes a name of a movement in Israel.

    References

    Isaiah 2 Wikipedia
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