George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 2:5
Lord. Ezechias, or rather Christ and his Church, invite all to embrace the true faith. (Calmet)
Lord. Ezechias, or rather Christ and his Church, invite all to embrace the true faith. (Calmet)
O HOUSE OF JACOB - This is a direct address, or exhortation, of the prophet to the Jews. It is made in view of the fact that God had gracious purposes toward them. He intended to distinguish them by m...
CHAPTER 2 Zion's Future Glory and the Day of Jehovah 1. _The glories in the latter days (Isaiah 2:1)_ 2. _Exhortation to walk in the light (Isaiah 2:5)_ 3. _The corruption of the people (Isaiah 2:6)_...
THE DAY OF YAHWEH. A poem dating from Isaiah's earliest period, dealing first with the sin, then with the judgment, of Israel. The text has been badly preserved. Probably the refrain which we find in...
HOUSE OF JACOB. Generally has regard to the natural seed of Jacob, while Israel has regard to the spiritual. See notes on Gen 33:28. Genesis 43:6; Genesis 45:26; Genesis 45:28. The expression occurs n...
DISCOURSE: 861 EXHORTATION TO A HOLY WALK Isaiah 2:5. _O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord_. MANY prophecies there are which are not yet accomplished, especially among...
O HOUSE OF JACOB, &C.— The second part of this discourse contains an exhortation to the people to repent, with a complaint of their corrupt state, and a denunciation of the divine judgment: In which w...
THE VIOLENCE OF CORRUPTION AND JUDGMENT Isaiah 2:5-22 a. LIGHT UPON THE DARKNESS TEXT: Isaiah 2:5-9 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah. 6 For thou hast forsaken...
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. O HOUSE OF JACOB, COME YE, AND LET US WALK IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD. The connection is-Since Israel's high destiny is to be a bl...
2-4. occur also with a few slight variations in Micah 4:1. The passage appears to be borrowed in Isaiah, because (_a_) it suits its context better in Micah, and (_b_) it is more complete in Micah, Mic...
The prophet urges the people to repent, that they may fulfil their destiny....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 2 GOD’S IDEAL PLAN FOR ISRAEL V1 A special message about Jud...
All nations used to believe that gods lived on mountains. The *Lord’s mountain (Mount Zion) is ‘the greatest of all mountains’. That is, the *Lord is greater than any god. • The ‘day is coming’ refer...
O HOUSE OF JACOB... — The ideal of the future has been brought before Israel; but it is still far off, and the people must learn repentance, must themselves “walk in the light of the Lord,” before the...
בֵּ֖ית יַעֲקֹ֑ב לְכ֥וּ וְ נֵלְכָ֖ה בְּ אֹ֥ור
CHAPTER II THE THREE JERUSALEMS 740-735 B.C. Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 4:1 AFTER the general introduction, in chapter 1, to the prophecies of Isaiah, there comes another portion of the book, o...
A VISION OF WORLD PEACE Isaiah 2:1-11 This and the four following Chapter s must be classed together as a distinct portion of this book, belonging to the earliest years of Isaiah's ministry. Their d...
Following this broad statement of the case between Jehovah and His people, we have the prophet's great appeal to them. The first part constitutes a vision of the latter days, that condition toward whi...
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us (l) walk in the light of the LORD. (l) Seeing the Gentiles will be ready, make haste, and show them the way to worship God....
Here the prophet takes occasion to call upon the Jewish church, from the zeal of the Gentile: and since the heathen is so forward to go up to the house of the Lord, how much more ought the Lord's own...
5._O house of Jacob _He sharply rebukes the Jews by holding out the example of the Gentiles; for since, in consequence of the spread of his kingdom, God would give law to all nations from Mount Zion,...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, AND 4. Thus re-established, Zion, the mountain of Jehovah, will be the centre of blessing and peace to all the nations (Isaiah 2:1-4). This puts the inv...
O HOUSE OF JACOB,.... This is either an exhortation of the prophet to the men of his generation, to attend to the light of the law, which the Lord had given them, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi; or rather, a...
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. Ver. 5. _O house of Jacob._] So Micah 2:7, "O thou that art called the house of Jacob, and the house of Israel." Isa 5:7 Thou that...
_O house of Jacob, come ye_ Since the Gentiles will be thus ready and resolved to seek and serve the Lord, and to excite one another so to do, let this oblige and provoke you, O ye Israelites, to join...
O house of Jacob, the children of Israel, specifically the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem being here addressed, COME YE AND LET US WALK IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD, an urgent appeal to heed the proph...
THE GENTILES CALLED TO THE KINGDOM...
1-9 The calling of the Gentiles, the spread of the gospel, and that far more extensive preaching of it yet to come, are foretold. Let Christians strengthen one another, and support one another. It is...
COME YE; seeing the Gentiles are thus ready and resolved to go to the Lord's house, let this oblige and provoke you, O ye Israelites, to go with them, or before them. Whereby he secretly intimates the...
Isaiah 2:5 house H1004 Jacob H3290 come H3212 (H8798) walk H3212 (H8799) light H216 LORD H3068 come ye -
Isaiah 2:2 is in fact repeated with minor variations in Micah 4:1. It is quite probable that Micah received the words from the master. Analysis of Isaiah 2:1. a The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz s...
Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah the son of Amos saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top...
CONTENTS: The coming glory of Jerusalem and Israel. The humbling of the haughty and the shame of sinners in that day. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: In view of the terribleness of that day whe...
Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah saw._ In these distressing times, when the Jewish church and state were shaken to the very centre, the Messiah spoke to the prophet, and showed him the new-testament...
_O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord_ MUTUAL ENCOURAGEMENT I. SYMPATHETIC FELLOW FEELING. All who are anxious for their own welfare, desire the welfare of others. II...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 2:1 Within the reassuring context of God’s promises (Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 4:2), Isaiah identifies the sinful h
THE LIGHT OF THE LORD Isaiah 2:5. _O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord_. “The light of the Lord” streams upon us from His Word (Psalms 119:105). The knowledge of God a...
ISAIAH’S VISION OF THE LAST DAYS Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw, &c._ 1. The marvellous power of the ancient prophets in giving embodiment and figure to the Word of God. It was...
SECTION II. DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S JUDGMENTS UPON HIS PEOPLE (CH. 2-5.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 2:1 TITLE OF THE CHAPTER. It is gener
Now chapter 2 is introduced again. The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:1). And now God takes him off to the future. And it shall come to pass in the las...
1 John 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; Ephesians 5:8;...
CHRIST IN ISAIAH Isaiah 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When Isaiah saw Christ in this chapter he saw Him in His Second Advent glory. Peter, in the Spirit, wrote of how the Prophets foretold the sufferings...
The light — Take heed that you do not reject that light which is so clear that even the blind Gentiles will discern it....