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2:1 Here is the message <01697> about <05921> Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389> that <0834> was revealed <02372> to Isaiah <03470> son <01121> of Amoz <0531>. 2:2 In the future <03117> <0319> the mountain <02022> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> will <01961> endure <03559> as the most important <07218> of mountains <02022>, and will be the most prominent <05375> of hills <01389>. All <03605> the nations <01471> will stream <05102> to <0413> it, 2:3 many <07227> peoples <05971> will come <01980> and say <0559>, “Come <01980>, let us go up <05927> to <0413> the Lord’s <03069> mountain <02022>, to <0413> the temple <01004> of the God <0430> of Jacob <03290>, so he can teach <03384> us his requirements <01870>, and we can follow <01980> his standards <0734>.” For <03588> Zion <06726> will be the center for moral instruction <08451>; the Lord <03069> will issue <03318> edicts <01697> from Jerusalem <03389>. 2:4 He will judge <08199> disputes between <0996> nations <01471>; he will settle <03198> cases for many <07227> peoples <05971>. They will beat <03807> their swords <02719> into plowshares <0855>, and their spears <02595> into pruning hooks <04211>. Nations <01471> will not <03808> take up <05375> the sword <02719> against <0413> other nations <01471>, and they will no <03808> longer <05750> train <03925> for war <04421>. 2:5 O descendants <01004> of Jacob <03290>, come <01980>, let us walk <01980> in the Lord’s <03068> guiding light <0216>. 2:6 Indeed <03588>, O Lord, you have abandoned <05203> your people <05971>, the descendants <01004> of Jacob <03290>. For <03588> diviners from the east <06924> are everywhere; they consult omen readers <06049> like the Philistines <03206> <06430> do. Plenty of foreigners <05237> are around <05606>. 2:7 Their land <0776> is full <04390> of gold <02091> and silver <03701>; there is no <0369> end <07097> to their wealth <0214>. Their land <0776> is full <04390> of horses <05483>; there is no <0369> end <07097> to their chariots <04818>. 2:8 Their land <0776> is full <04390> of worthless idols <0457>; they worship <07812> the product <04639> of their own hands <03027>, what <0834> their own fingers <0676> have fashioned <06213>. 2:9 Men <0120> bow down <07817> to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship <0376> <08213>. Don’t <0408> spare <05375> them! 2:10 Go up <0935> into the rocky cliffs <06697>, hide <02934> in the ground <06083>. Get away from <06440> the dreadful judgment <06343> of the Lord <03068>, from his royal <01347> splendor <01926>! 2:11 Proud <01365> <05869> men <0120> will be brought low <08213>, arrogant <07312> men <0376> will be humiliated <07817>; the Lord <03068> alone <0905> will be exalted <07682> in that day <03117>. 2:12 Indeed <03588>, the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635> has planned a day <03117> of judgment, for <05921> all <03605> the high <01343> and mighty <07311>, for <05921> all <03605> who are proud <05375>– they will be humiliated <08213>; 2:13 for <05921> all <03605> the cedars <0730> of Lebanon <03844>, that are so high <07311> and mighty <05375>, for <05921> all <03605> the oaks <0437> of Bashan <01316>; 2:14 for <05921> all <03605> the tall <07311> mountains <02022>, for <05921> all <03605> the high <05375> hills <01389>, 2:15 for <05921> every <03605> high <01364> tower <04026>, for <05921> every <03605> fortified <01219> wall <02346>, 2:16 for <05921> all <03605> the large ships <08659>, ships <0591>, for <05921> all <03605> the impressive <02532> ships <07914>. 2:17 Proud <01365> men <0120> will be humiliated <07817>, arrogant <07312> men <0376> will be brought low <08213>; the Lord <03068> alone <0905> will be exalted <07682> in that day <03117>. 2:18 The worthless idols <0457> will be completely <03632> eliminated <02498>. 2:19 They will go <0935> into caves <04631> in the rocky <06697> cliffs and into holes <04247> in the ground <06083>, trying to escape the dreadful judgment <06343> of the Lord <03068> and his royal <01347> splendor <01926>, when he rises up <06965> to terrify <06206> the earth <0776>. 2:20 At that <01931> time <03117> men <0120> will throw <07993> their silver <03701> and gold <02091> idols <0457>, which <0834> they made <06213> for themselves to worship <07812>, into the caves where rodents <02661> and bats <05847> live, 2:21 so they themselves can go into <0935> the crevices <05366> of the rocky <06697> cliffs <05585> and the openings under the rocky <05553> overhangs, trying to escape <06440> the dreadful judgment <06343> of the Lord <03068> and his royal <01347> splendor <01926>, when he rises up <06965> to terrify <06206> the earth <0776>. 2:22 Stop trusting <02308> in <04480> human beings <0120>, whose <0834> life’s breath <05397> is in their nostrils <0639>. For <03588> why <04100> should they <01931> be given special consideration <02803>?

• Isa 2:1-5 -- The Future Glory of Jerusalem
• Isa 2:6-22 -- The Lord's Day of Judgment

• Soothsayer

  [ebd] one who pretends to prognosticate future events. Baalam is so called (Josh. 13:22; Heb. kosem, a "diviner," as rendered 1 Sam. 6:2; rendered "prudent," Isa. 3:2). In Isa. 2:6 and Micah 5:12 (Heb. yonenim, i.e., "diviners of ...
  

• Sharon, Saron

  [ebd] a plain, a level tract extending from the Mediterranean to the hill country to the west of Jerusalem, about 30 miles long and from 8 to 15 miles broad, celebrated for its beauty and fertility (1 Chr. 27:29; Isa. 33:9; 35:2; ...
  

• Proselyte

  [ebd] is used in the LXX. for "stranger" (1 Chr. 22:2), i.e., a comer to Palestine; a sojourner in the land (Ex. 12:48; 20:10; 22:21), and in the New Testament for a convert to Judaism. There were such converts from early times (I...
  

• Pride

  [nave] PRIDE. Ex. 18:10, 11; Lev. 26:19; Deut. 8:11-14, 17-20; Judg. 9:14, 15; 1 Sam. 2:3-5; 1 Kin. 20:11; 2 Kin. 14:9, 10 2 Chr. 25:18, 19. Job 11:12; Job 12:2, 3; Job 13:2, 5; Job 15:1-13; Job 18:3, 4; Job 21:31, 32; Job 32:9-13...
  

• PROMISE

  [isbe] PROMISE - prom'-is (most frequently in the Old Testament dabhar, "speaking," "speech," and dabhar, "to speak" also 'amar, "to say," once in Ps 77:8, 'omer, "speech"; in the New Testament epaggelia, and the verbs epaggellomai...
  

• PETER, SIMON

  [isbe] PETER, SIMON - pe'-ter, si'-mon): 1. Name and Early Career 2. First Appearance in Gospel History 3. Life-Story (1) First Period (2) Second Period 4. Character 5. Writings (1) First Epistle (2) Second Epistle 6. Theology (1) ...
  

• Judgments

  [nave] JUDGMENTS On the serpent, Gen. 3:14, 15. Eve, Gen. 3:16; Adam, Gen. 3:17-19. Cain, Gen. 4:11-15; the Antediluvians, Gen. 6; 7; Sodomites, Gen. 19:23-25; Egyptians, the plagues and overthrow, Ex. 7-14; Nadab and Abihu, Lev....
  

• JOEL (2)

  [isbe] JOEL (2) - (yo'el; Ioel): I. THE PROPHET II. THE BOOK 1. Literary Form 2. Outline of Contents 3. Interpretation (1) Literal (2) Allegorical 4. Indications of Date (1) Place in the Canon (2) Language and Style (3) Quotations ...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Isaiah

  [ebd] (Heb. Yesh'yahu, i.e., "the salvation of Jehovah"). (1.) The son of Amoz (Isa. 1:1; 2:1), who was apparently a man of humble rank. His wife was called "the prophetess" (8:3), either because she was endowed with the prophetic...
  [nave] ISAIAH, called also Esaias. Son of Amos, Isa. 1:1. Prophesies in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, Isa. 1:1; 6:1; 7:1, 3; 14:27; 20:1; 36:1; 38:1; 39:1; at the time of the invasion by Tartan, of...
  

• Idolatry

  [isbe] IDOLATRY - i-dol'-a-tri (teraphim, "household idols," "idolatry"; eidololatreia): There is ever in the human mind a craving for visible forms to express religious conceptions, and this tendency does not disappear with the ac...
  [nave] IDOLATRY. Wicked Practices of Human sacrifices, Lev. 18:21; 20:2-5; Deut. 12:31; 18:10; 2 Kin. 3:26, 27; 16:3; 17:17, 18; 21:6; 23:10; 2 Chr. 28:3; 33:6; Psa. 106:37, 38; Isa. 57:5; Jer. 7:31; 19:4-7; 32:35; Ezek. 16:20, 2...
  

• Hart

  [ebd] (Heb. 'ayal), a stag or male deer. It is ranked among the clean animals (Deut. 12:15; 14:5; 15:22), and was commonly killed for food (1 Kings 4:23). The hart is frequently alluded to in the poetical and prophetical books (Is...
  

• ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - es-ka-tol'-o-ji A) Scope of Article B) Dr. Charles' Work C) Individual Religion in Israel I. FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS 1. Idea of God 2. Idea of Man Body, Soul and Spirit 3. Sin and Death II. CONCE...
  

• Divination

  [ebd] of false prophets (Deut. 18:10, 14; Micah 3:6, 7, 11), of necromancers (1 Sam. 28:8), of the Philistine priests and diviners (1 Sam. 6:2), of Balaam (Josh. 13:22). Three kinds of divination are mentioned in Ezek. 21:21, by a...
  

• DEUTERONOMY

  [isbe] DEUTERONOMY - du-ter-on'-o-mi: 1. Name 2. What Deuteronomy Is 3. Analysis 4. Ruling Ideas 5. Unity 6. Authorship 7. Deuteronomy Spoken Twice 8. Deuteronomy's Influence in Israel's History 9. The Critical Theory LITERATURE 1....
  

• Coulter

  [ebd] (1 Sam. 13:20, 21), an agricultural instrument, elsewhere called "ploughshare" (Isa. 2:4; Micah 4:3; Joel 3:10). It was the facing-piece of a plough, analogous to the modern coulter.
  

• Church

  [nave] CHURCH, the collective body of believers. Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics Called in the O.T., The Congregation, Ex. 12:3, 6, 19, 47; 16:1, 2, 9, 10, 22; Lev. 4:13, 15; 10:17; 24:14. Called in the N.T., Church, Matt. 16:18; ...
  

• COMMERCE

  [isbe] COMMERCE - kom'-ers (emporia): I. Old Testament Times. 1. Early Overland Commerce: There were forces in early Hebrew life not favorable to the development of commerce. Intercourse with foreigners was not encouraged by Israel...
  

• CHRIST, OFFICES OF

  [isbe] CHRIST, OFFICES OF - of'-is-is. General Titles of our Lord I. CHRIST'S MEDIATION EXPRESSED IN THE SPECIFIC OFFICES Historical Review of the Theory II. THE THREEFOLD OFFICE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT The Failure of the Offices to S...
  

• APPAREL

  [isbe] APPAREL - a-par'-el: The English equivalent of six Hebrew and three Greek words, variously signifying all kinds of raiment, chiefly garments costly and beautiful: ornamental (2 Sam 1:24); royal, as of Ahasuerus (Est 6:8), of...
  

• The Lord Alone Will Be Exalted

  

• The Mountain of the Lord in the Last Days

  

• Bernyanyilah, Puteri Sion [KJ.90]

  	Zkh 9:9-10; Mat 21:5; Yoh 12:15
  1. Bernyanyilah, Puteri Sion, hai kota Yerusalem, soraklah! Gembiralah kamu menyambut yang adil dan jaya, benar, Terpercaya; lembutlah hatiNya dan murni kasihNya. Elukanlah Dia yang naik keledai. Demikian sabda nabi.
  2. Bernyanyilah, Puteri Sion, hai kota Yerusalem, soraklah! Susahmu berakhir, Penolongmu hadir: perang dan gaduhnya, Kereta dan kuda, baik busur, baik panah lenyap selamanya dan damai sempurna hendak diberi. Demikian sabda nabi.	Mzm 46:10 Mzm 76:4 Yes 2:4 Yes 9:3-4 Mi 4:3-4
  3. Bernyanyilah, Puteri Sion, hai kota Yerusalem, sorak lah! Segala penghuni yang ada di bumi kelak menikmati sejaht'ra abadi; Semua bersatu mengikut Rajamu yang datang Menghiburkan hati sedih. Percayalah sabda nabi.	Yes 9:6 Yes 11:6-9 Luk 2:14
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• Terbitlah dalam Kegelapan [KJ.107]

  	Yes 9:1-6
  1. Terbitlah dalam kegelapan Terang yang mahamulia! Hai bangsa-bangsa, mari datang, bersama-sama menyembah! Duka nestapa akan hilang, kuasa dosa menyerah. Berlalu malam kematian dan fajar hidup merekah.	Yoh 1:9 Yoh 8:12 1 Yoh 2:8
  2. Engkau membawa sukacita, ya Tuhan, oleh kuasaMu. Pekik menang gegap gempita: Kau mengalahkan seteru! Tongkat penindas sudah patah dan tamat pembudakannya; Terbakar habislah senjata dan bumi bersejahtera.	Mzm 46:10 Mzm 76:4 Yes 2:4 Mi 4:3-4 Zkh 9:10
  3. Seorang anak sudah lahir menghibur isi dunia; KerajaanNya tak berakhir dan mahaagung namaNya: "Sang Penasihat yang Ajaib, Allah Perkasa Mulia, dan Bapa yang Kekal Abadi, Sang Raja Damai s'lamanya!"
  4. Ya Raja Damai Mahamulia, beri sejahtera penuh, supaya bangsa-bangsa dunia bersujud di hadapanMu. Allah sendiri melakukan rencana keadilanNya Dan takhta Daud diteguhkan kekal selama-lamanya!	Flp 2:9-11
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• [Isa 2:2] Behold! The Mountain Of The Lord

  Behold! the mountain of the Lord In latter days shall rise On mountain tops above the hills, And draw the wondering eyes. To this the joyful nations round, All tribes and tongues, shall flow; Up to the hill of God, they’ll say, And to His house we’ll go. The beam that shines from Zion hill Shall lighten every land; The King Who reigns in Salem’s towers Shall all the world command. Among the nations He shall judge; His judgments truth shall guide; His scepter shall protect the just, And quell the sinner’s pride. No strife shall vex Messiah’s reign Or mar the peaceful years; To plowshares soon they beat their swords To pruning hooks their spears. No longer hosts encountering hosts, Their millions slain deplore; They hang the trumpets in the hall And study war no more. Come then, O house of Jacob, come To worship at His shrine; And, walking in the light of God, With holy beauties shine. In latter days, the Mount of God, His sacred house shall rise Above the mountains and the hills, And strike the wondering eyes. To this the joyful nations round, All Tribes and Tongues shall flow; Up to the house of God they’ll say, To Jacob’s God, we’ll go. To us He’ll point the ways of truth: The sacred Path we’ll tread From Salem and from Zion-Hill His law shall then proceed. Among the nations and the isles, As Judge supreme, He’ll sit: And, vested with unbounded power Will punish or seguit. No strife shall rage, nor angry feuds, Disturb these peaceful years; To plowshares then they’ll beat their swords, To pruning hooks their spears. Then nation shan’t ’gainst nation rise, And slaughtered house deplore: They’ll lay the useless trumpet by, And study war no more. O come ye, then, of Jacob’s house, Our hearts now let us join: And, walking in the light of God, With holy beauties shine. O’er mountain tops, the mount of God In latter days, shall rise Above the summits of the hills, And draw the wondering eyes. To this the joyful nations round, All tribes and tongues shall flow; Up to the mount of God, they say, And to His house we’ll go. The beams that shine from Zion’s hill Shall lighten ev’ry land; The King, who reigns in Salem’s towers Shall the whole world command. Among the nations He shall judge, His judgments truth shall guide; His scepter shall protect the just, And crush the sinner’s pride. No war shall rage, nor hostile strife Disturb those happy years; To plough shares men shall beat their swords, To pruning hooks their spears. No longer hosts, encountering hosts, Shall crowds of slain deplore; They’ll lay the martial trumpet by, And study war no more.

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• [Isa 2:3] Suppliant, Lo!

  Suppliant, lo! Thy children bend, Father, for Thy blessing now; Thou canst teach us, guide, defend; We are weak, almighty Thou! With the peace Thy Word imparts Be the taught and teacher blessed; In our lives and in our hearts, Father, be Thy laws impressed. Pour into each longing mind Light and knowledge from above, Charity for all mankind, Trusting faith, enduring love.
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• [Isa 2:4] O God, Mine Inmost Soul Convert

  O God, mine inmost soul convert, And deeply on my thoughtful heart Eternal things impress; Give me to feel their solemn weight, And save me ere it be too late; Wake me to righteousness. Before me place in dread array The pomp of that tremendous day, When Thou with clouds shalt come To judge the nations at Thy bar; And tell me, Lord, shall I be there To meet a joyful doom? Be this my one great business here, With serious industry and fear Eternal bliss to ensure; Thine utmost counsel to fulfill, And suffer all Thy righteous will, And to the end endure. Then, Savior, then my soul receive, Transported from the vale, to live And reign with Thee above, Where faith is sweetly lost in sight, And hope in full, supreme delight, And everlasting love.

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• [Isa 2:4] Savior, Whom Our Hearts Adore

  Savior, whom our hearts adore, To bless our earth again, Now assume Thy royal power, And o’er the nations reign; Christ, the world’s Desire and Hope, Power complete to Thee is given; Set the last great empire up, Eternal Lord of Heaven. Where they all Thy laws have spurned, Where they Thy Name profane, Where the ruined world hath mourned With blood of millions slain, Open there the ethereal scene, Claim the heathen tribes for Thine; There the endless reign begin With majesty divine. Universal Savior, Thou Wilt all Thy creatures bless; Every knee to Thee shall bow, And every tongue confess: None shall in Thy mount destroy; War shall then be learnt no more: Saints shall their great King enjoy, And all mankind adore.

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• [Isa 2:4] Thou Judge By Whom Each Empire Fell

  Thou Judge by Whom each empire fell, When pride of power o’ercame it, Convict us now, if we we rebel, Our nation judge, and shame it. In each sharp crisis, Lord, appear, Forgive, and show our duty clear: To serve Thee by repentance. Search, Lord, our spirits in Thy sight, In best and worst reveal us; Shed on our souls a blaze of light, And judge, that Thou may’st heal us. The present be our judgment day, When all our lack Thou dost survey: Show us ourselves and save us. Lo, fearing naught we come to Thee, Though by our fault confounded; Though selfish, mean, and base we be, Thy justice is unbounded: So large, it naught but love requires, And judging, pardons, frees, inspires. Deliver us from evil!

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• [Isa 2:5] Marching On In The Light Of God

  Marching on in the light of God, Marching on, I am marching on; Up the path that the Master trod, Marching, marching on. Refrain A robe of white, a crown of gold, A harp, a home, a mansion fair, A victor’s palm, a joy untold, Are mine when I get there. Marching on through the hosts of sin, Marching on I am marching on; Vict’ry’s mine while I’ve Christ within, Marching, marching on. Refrain Marching on while the skeptics sneer, Marching on, I am marching on; Perfect love casteth out all fear, Marching, marching on. Refrain Marching on with the flag unfurled, Marching on, I am marching on; Preaching Christ to the dying world, Marching, marching on. Refrain

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• [Isa 2:20] And Is The Time Approaching?

  And is the time approaching, By prophets long foretold, When all shall dwell together, One Shepherd and one fold? Shall every idol perish, To moles and bats be thrown, And every prayer be offered To God in Christ alone? Shall Jew and Gentile, meeting From many a distant shore, Around one altar kneeling, One common Lord adore? Shall all that now divides us Remove, and pass away Like shadows of the morning Before the blaze of day? Shall all that now unites us More sweet and lasting prove, A closer bond of union In a blest land of love? Shall war be learned no longer, Shall strife and tumult cease; All earth His blessèd kingdom, The Lord and Prince of Peace? O long expected dawning, Come with Thy cheering ray; When shall the morning brighten, The shadows flee away? O sweet anticipation! It cheers the watchers on To pray, and hope, and labor, Till the dark night be gone.

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• Where did the idea that Jesus is the Rose of Sharon come from?
  This may have developed from those who see the Song of Solomon as a picture of Christ and the church, though this is certainly not the primary purpose of this book and is really a strong typological use the book. Below are co...
• Will the Jews Ever Return to Palestine?
  Will the Jews return to the Holy Land, and will they ever, as a nation, acknowledge Christ as the Messiah? is often asked, and again it is sought to be known how they can be God's chosen people when they reject Christ. There ...
• Will There Be a Millennium and What Will It Be Like?
  There are some Christians who do not look for a personal reign of Christ on the earth. Those who do so, base their belief chiefly on such passages as Rev. 20:4-6, "They shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign w...
• How Can Christians Justify War?
  How do you think Joshua, Gideon, David and other Old Testament saints felt about it? Do you suppose they did not know of the commandment "Thou shalt not kill"? They do not appear to have found any difficulty in reconciling th...

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