Isaiah 2:5

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 we have, first, a transition from one scene to the other, Isaiah 2:5. Secondly, a new scene is opened, and the present state of the Jewish people is described: Isaiah 2:6. Thirdly, The most severe penal judgment of God, to be inflicted upon these men at an appointed time, is set forth from Isaiah 2:9 to Isaiah 2:8 of chap. 3: Fourthly, this judgment of God is explained and justified, chap. Isaiah 3:8 to chap. Isaiah 4:2. The present verse is to be understood as an address of the prophet to the men of his time to turn from their evils, and apply themselves above all things to the study of the divine law, here meant by the light of the Lord, including also the light of the Spirit of God illuminating the Word.