Isaiah 2:3 (WEB)
Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s 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 the law shall go out of Zion, and the LORD’s word from Jerusalem.
Catechism · 2
The Revelation of God
“Through the prophets, God forms his people in the hope of salvation, in the expectation of a new and everlasting Covenant intended for all, to be written on their hearts.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Is 2:2-4; Jer 31:31-34; Heb 10:16
The Church in God's Plan
“By this election, Israel is to be the sign of the future gathering of All nations.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Ex 19:5-6; Deut 7:6; Isa 2:2-5; Mic 4:1-4.
Fathers and councils · 22
Origen
“And He shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people; and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation; neither shall they learn war any more.”” — editor's note: Isa. ii. 2–4.
Read the whole comment“…Christ: “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 them.”” — editor's note: Cf. Isa. ii. 3.
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Tertullian
“The fault, I suppose, of the divine doctrine lies in its springing from Judæa rather than from Greece.” — editor's note: Isa. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment“…and there shall come over it all nations; and many shall walk, and say, Come, ascend we unto the mount of the Lord, and unto the house of the God of Jacob,”—not of Esau, the former son, but of Jacob, the second; that is, of our “people,” whose “mount” is Christ, “præcised without concisors’ hands, filling every…” — editor's note: Isa. ii. 2, 3.
Read the whole comment“…of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us His way, and we will walk in it: for out of Sion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”” — editor's note: Isa. ii. 2, 3.
Read the whole comment“Long ago did Isaiah declare that “out of Sion should go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem”—some other law, that is, and another word.” — editor's note: Isa. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment“…as Isaiah says—in order that old things might pass away, and a new course begin, even “the new law out of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem,” and “that we might receive the adoption of sons,” that is, the Gentiles, who once were not sons.” — editor's note: Isa. ii. 3.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“…rebuke many people; and they shall break down their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks, and they shall no longer learn to fight.”” — editor's note: Isa. ii. 3, 4; Mic. iv. 2, 3.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Of this Jerusalem the prophet hath said, And afterwards thou shalt be called the city of righteousness, Zion, the faithful mother of cities; because of the law which went forth out of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem, which word has from hence been showered forth on the whole world.” — editor's note: Ib. ii. 3.
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Clement of Alexandria
““For out of Sion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem,”—the celestial Word, the true athlete crowned in the theatre of the whole universe.” — editor's note: Isa. ii. 3.
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Augustine of Hippo
““Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Isa. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment“Behold now those sides of the North, see how they come, see how they say, “Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord: and He will teach us His way, and we will walk in it.”” — editor's note: Isa. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment“…being afar off, were thence called from the worship of idols, as it is said, “Out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem,” therefore hath the Apostle called the Christians of the Gentiles their debtors: “their debtors,” saith he, “they are:” and hath added the reason why, “For if…” — editor's note: Is. ii. 3
Read the whole comment“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 Sion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”” — editor's note: Isa. ii. 2, 3.
Read the whole comment“Then was fulfilled that prophecy, “Out of Sion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord out of Jerusalem;” and the prediction of the Lord Christ Himself, when, after the resurrection, “He opened the understanding” of His amazed disciples “that they might understand…” — editor's note: Isa. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment“But concerning this which was to be given by Christ it was predicted, “Out of Sion shall go forth the law and the word of the Lord out of Jerusalem;” whence He Himself said that repentance in His name behoved to be preached among all nations, but yet beginning at Jerusalem.” — editor's note: Isa. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment“You have heard how that “from Sion went forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”” — editor's note: Isa. ii. 3.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“To this course the saints also encourage us, saying, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob.’” — editor's note: Is. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment“For ‘from Sion shall come forth the law of God, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem;’ but whence came forth this?” — editor's note: Isa. ii. 3; Mic. iv. 2.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Or it was to fulfil that Scripture, “The Law shall go out of Sion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” [Isa 2:3] And there Christ was first preached.” — the author cites it
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in Isaiah: “For from Sion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem; and He shall judge among the nations.”” — editor's note: Isa. ii. 3, 4.
Read the whole comment“For from Sion shall proceed the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem; and He shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke much people; and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks, and they shall no more learn to fight.”” — editor's note: Isa. ii. 2–4.
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Parallel passages
Isaiah 2:3 and Micah 4:2 share the same wording (47 words).
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