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Many groups of people[a] will come, commenting,
    “Come! Let’s go up to[b] the Temple of the God of Jacob,
that they[c] may teach us his ways.
    Then let’s walk in his paths.”

The Rule of God from Jerusalem

“Instruction[d] will proceed from Zion,
    and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He will judge between the nations,
    and will render verdicts[e] for the benefit of many.[f]

“They will beat their swords into plowshares,
    and their spears into pruning hooks;
nations will not raise swords against nations,
    and they will not learn warfare anymore.

“You house of Jacob!

Come! Let’s live[g] in the Lord’s light.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:3 Lit. Many peoples
  2. Isaiah 2:3 So 1QIsaa 4QIsaf; 4QIsae MT read to the Lord’s mountain, to
  3. Isaiah 2:3 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX, Mic 4:2; 4QIsae MT LXX read he
  4. Isaiah 2:3 Or For the law
  5. Isaiah 2:4 Or judgment
  6. Isaiah 2:4 Lit. many peoples
  7. Isaiah 2:5 Lit. walk