Isaiah 2:5
What does Isaiah 2:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 2:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949O family of Jacob, come, and let us go in the light of the Lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862O house of Jacob, come, And we walk in the light of Jehovah.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890House of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.
Context
v.4And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
v.5This passage
v.6For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are filled with customs from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 John 1:5
And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
- Isaiah 60:19
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5
for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;
- Isaiah 2:3
And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, 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 Jehovah from Jerusalem.
- Romans 13:12
The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
- 1 John 1:7
but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
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