Psalms 114:4

114:4 The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs. ¹ 

Psalms 114:6

114:6 Why do you skip like rams, O mountains,

like lambs, O hills?

Isaiah 2:2

2:2 In the future ² 

the mountain of the Lord’s temple will endure ³ 

as the most important of mountains,

and will be the most prominent of hills. ⁴ 

All the nations will stream to it,

[114:4]  ¹ sn The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. This may recall the theophany at Sinai when the mountain shook before God’s presence (Exod 19:18).

[2:2]  ² tn Heb “in the end of the days.” This phrase may refer generally to the future, or more technically to the final period of history. See BDB 31 s.v. ַאחֲרִית. The verse begins with a verb that functions as a “discourse particle” and is not translated. In numerous places throughout the OT, the “to be” verb with a prefixed conjunction (וְהָיָה [vÿhayah] and וַיְהִי [vayÿhi]) occurs in this fashion to introduce a circumstantial clause and does not require translation.

[2:2]  ³ tn Or “be established” (KJV, NIV, NRSV).

[2:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “as the chief of the mountains, and will be lifted up above the hills.” The image of Mount Zion being elevated above other mountains and hills pictures the prominence it will attain in the future.