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Isaiah 2:3
And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Isaiah delivers a prophetic oracle set in "the last days" (v. 2); the quoted speech within the verse is spoken by "many peoples" addressing one another.
The words — עַמִּים ('a.Mim, "peoples") is the load-bearing noun: it is not the singular "the people" (Israel) but a plural of nations, which widens the scope of the invitation. הַר (har, "mountain") is the destination image, established in v. 2 as the seat of divine authority raised above all others.
The thread — Zechariah 8:20 repeats the image of peoples from many cities coming in; Luke 24:47 inverts the direction, placing the proclamation's origin in Jerusalem and sending it outward to all nations.
Why it lands — The verse positions the reader among the "many peoples" rather than as the one being taught; it asks whether you will "go up" and "walk in His paths" or remain outside the invitation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 50:4 “In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
- Zechariah 8:20 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
- Luke 24:47 and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 51:4 Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.
- Psalms 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
- Psalms 110:2 The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
- Deuteronomy 6:1 These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,
- John 7:17 If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
- Jeremiah 31:6 For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”
- Romans 10:18 But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”