Isaiah 2 · Verse 5

Isaiah 2:5

O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
Isaiah 2:5, King James Version

Isaiah 2:5 in other translations

BSBCome, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
WEBHouse of Jacob, come, and let’s walk in the light of the LORD.
ASVO house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.
YLTO house of Jacob, come, And we walk in the light of Jehovah.'
DARBYHouse of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.
BBEO family of Jacob, come, and let us go in the light of the Lord.
WebsterO house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.

What does Isaiah 2:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. The connection is: As Israel's high destiny is to be a blessing to all nations (Ge 12:3), let Israel's children walk worthy of it (Ep 5:8).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 2:1-9

The conversion of the Gentiles, Description of the sinfulness of Israel. (Is. 2:1-9) The awful punishment of unbelievers. (Is. 2:10-22) Verses 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 God who teaches his people, by his word and Spirit. Christ promotes peace…

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Isaiah 2:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בֵּ֖יתbeitO house ofH1004
יַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
לְכ֥וּle.KhucomeH1980
וְנֵלְכָ֖הve.ne.le.Khahso let us walkH1980
בְּא֥וֹרbe.'orin [the] light ofH216
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 2:5

  • Ephesians 5:8

    For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

  • Luke 1:79

    To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

  • 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 Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  • Isaiah 60:19-20

    The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

  • John 12:35-36

    Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.

  • 1 John 1:5

    This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

  • Revelation 21:23-24

    And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

  • Isaiah 2:3

    And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, 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 the Lord from Jerusalem.

  • Psalms 89:15

    Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.

  • Isaiah 50:10-11

    Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:5-6

    Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

  • Isaiah 58:1

    Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
come ye.
3; 50:10,11; 60:1,19; Ps 89:15; Lu 1:79; Joh 12:35,36; Ro 13:12-14
Eph 5:8; 1Th 5:5,6; 1Jo 1:7; Re 21:23,24

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Context

  • Isaiah 2:4

    And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

  • Isaiah 2:5

    O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

  • Isaiah 2:6

    Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

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Isaiah 2:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Venid, oh casa de Jacob, y caminemos á la luz de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Venez, maison de Jacob, et marchons dans la lumière de l’ Éternel!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Kommt, Haus Jakob, und laßt uns wandeln im Lichte Jehovas!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Domus Jacob, venite, et ambulemus in lumine Domini.