What is the meaning of Isaiah 2:3? And many peoples will come and say “Many peoples” points to a day when the good news reaches far beyond Israel itself (Genesis 12:3; Isaiah 60:3). • Not a trickle but a multitude—Gentiles and Jews alike—are drawn. • The phrase “come and say” expresses eagerness, not compulsion (John 12:32). • God’s plan has always included the nations (Acts 15:14). Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob Mount Zion—the earthly Jerusalem—anticipates the ultimate, unshakable kingdom (Hebrews 12:22–24). • “House of the God of Jacob” roots this promise in God’s covenant faithfulness (Exodus 3:6; Malachi 3:6). • The invitation is collective: “let us.” Salvation creates a worshiping community (Psalm 95:6). He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths The goal is transformation, not tourism (Psalm 25:4; Titus 2:11–12). • God teaches; we learn. Revelation precedes obedience (James 1:22). • “His ways” are moral and relational, encompassing heart and conduct (Micah 6:8). • Walking “in His paths” pictures steady, daily faithfulness (Psalm 119:105; Galatians 5:25). For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem This grounds the promise: God’s own word emanates from a real place, at a real time (Luke 24:47; Acts 1:8). • “Law” (torah) means instruction that shapes life, not mere regulation (Psalm 19:7). • Zion becomes the launch point for worldwide proclamation—fulfilled initially at Pentecost (Acts 2:5–11) and consummated when Christ reigns over all the earth (Revelation 11:15). • Because the source is divine, the outcome is certain (Isaiah 55:11). summary Isaiah 2:3 paints a literal future in which God draws the nations to Himself through Jerusalem, teaches them His righteous ways, and commissions His truth worldwide. What begins in Zion culminates in universal worship and obedient living, all secured by the unchanging word of the LORD. |
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