Isaiah 2

Isaiah envisions the future exaltation of **Zion** where all nations stream to the Temple in Jerusalem to learn **YHWH**'s ways and beat swords into plowshares for lasting peace (2:1-5). He then prophesies **YHWH**'s day of judgment humbling the proud, exalting lofty cedars, mountains, and human arrogance, leaving only awe of **YHWH**'s glory (2:6-22).

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Verse 2
וְ/הָיָ֣ה 𐤅/𐤄𐤉𐤄 vehayah And it will be and he/it became and it will be HC/Vqq3ms בְּ/אַחֲרִ֣ית 𐤁/𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤕 beacharit in the end in the end-of in the end of HR/Ncfsc הַ/יָּמִ֗ים 𐤄/𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 hayamim of the days the days the days HTd/Ncmpa נָכ֨וֹן 𐤍𐤊𐤅𐤍 nakhon established being established being established HVNrmsa יִֽהְיֶ֜ה 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤄 yiheyeh will be he will come to be it will come to be HVqi3ms הַ֤ר 𐤄𐤓 har mountain mountain of mountain of HNcmsc בֵּית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt of the house house-of house of HNcmsc יְהוָה֙ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp בְּ/רֹ֣אשׁ 𐤁/𐤓𐤀𐤔 berosh at the head at the head of in the head of HR/Ncmsc הֶ/הָרִ֔ים 𐤄/𐤄𐤓𐤉𐤌 heharim of the mountains the mountains the mountains HTd/Ncmpa וְ/נִשָּׂ֖א 𐤅/𐤍𐤔𐤀 venisa and it will be lifted up and he was lifted and it will be lifted HC/VNrmsa מִ/גְּבָע֑וֹת 𐤌/𐤂𐤁𐤏𐤅𐤕 migevaot above the hills from elevated hills above hills HR/Ncfpa וְ/נָהֲר֥וּ 𐤅/𐤍𐤄𐤓𐤅 venaharu and will flow and they flowed and they will stream HC/Vqq3cp אֵלָ֖י/ו 𐤀𐤋𐤉/𐤅 elayv to it toward him to it HR/Sp3ms כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal kila (Swahili) all entirety of all of HNcmsc הַ/גּוֹיִֽם 𐤄/𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤌 hagoyim the nations the people-groups the nations HTd/Ncmpa
Verse 3
וְֽ/הָלְכ֞וּ 𐤅/𐤄𐤋𐤊𐤅 vehalekhu and-they-will-go and they went and they will go HC/Vqq3cp עַמִּ֣ים 𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤌 amim peoples assembled peoples peoples HNcmpa רַבִּ֗ים 𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤌 rabim many many great ones HAampa וְ/אָמְרוּ֙ 𐤅/𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 veameru and-they-will-say and they said and they will say HC/Vqq3cp לְכ֣וּ 𐤋𐤊𐤅 lekhu come Go Go HVqv2mp וְ/נַעֲלֶ֣ה 𐤅/𐤍𐤏𐤋𐤄 venaaleh Aleya (Bemba) and-let-us-go-up let us ascend and let us go up HC/Vqi1cp אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward to HR הַר 𐤄𐤓 har mountain mountain of mountain of HNcmsc יְהוָ֗ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el-2 to toward to HR בֵּית֙ 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt house house-of house of HNcmsc אֱלֹהֵ֣י 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 elohey Mulimu (Lozi) God-of mighty ones of Elohim of HNcmpc יַעֲקֹ֔ב 𐤉𐤏𐤒𐤁 yaaqov Jacob Heel-Grasper Yaaqov HNp וְ/יֹרֵ֨/נוּ֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤓/𐤍𐤅 veyorenu and-he-will-teach-us and he will direct us and he will teach us HC/Vhi3ms/Sp1cp מִ/דְּרָכָ֔י/ו 𐤌/𐤃𐤓𐤊𐤉/𐤅 miderakhayv from-his-ways from his paths from his ways HR/Ncbpc/Sp3ms וְ/נֵלְכָ֖ה 𐤅/𐤍𐤋𐤊𐤄 venelekhah and-we-will-walk and let us go and we will walk HC/Vqh1cp בְּ/אֹרְחֹתָ֑י/ו 𐤁/𐤀𐤓𐤇𐤕𐤉/𐤅 beorechotayv in-his-paths in his well-trodden paths in his paths HR/Ncbpc/Sp3ms כִּ֤י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for HC מִ/צִּיּוֹן֙ 𐤌/𐤑𐤉𐤅𐤍 mitsion from-Zion from Zion from Tsion HR/Np תֵּצֵ֣א 𐤕𐤑𐤀 tetse will-go-out she will go out it will go out HVqi3fs תוֹרָ֔ה 𐤕𐤅𐤓𐤄 torah law instruction instruction HNcfsa וּ/דְבַר 𐤅/𐤃𐤁𐤓 udevar Ndaba (Zulu) and-word and word-of and word of HC/Ncmsc יְהוָ֖ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah-2 Nyambe (Lozi) of-the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp מִ/ירוּשָׁלִָֽם 𐤌/𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 mirushalaim from-Jerusalem from Yerushalaim from Yerushalam HR/Np
Verse 4
וְ/שָׁפַט֙ 𐤅/𐤔𐤐𐤈 veshafat and-he-will-judge and he judged and he will judge HC/Vqq3ms בֵּ֣ין 𐤁𐤉𐤍 beyn between between between HR הַ/גּוֹיִ֔ם 𐤄/𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤌 hagoyim the-nations the people-groups the nations HTd/Ncmpa וְ/הוֹכִ֖יחַ 𐤅/𐤄𐤅𐤊𐤉𐤇 vehokhicha and-he-will-rebuke and he reproved and he will decide HC/Vhq3ms לְ/עַמִּ֣ים 𐤋/𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤌 leamim for-peoples to peoples for peoples HR/Ncmpa רַבִּ֑ים 𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤌 rabim many many great ones HAampa וְ/כִתְּת֨וּ 𐤅/𐤊𐤕𐤕𐤅 vekhitetu and-they-will-beat and they shattered to pieces and they will beat HC/Vpq3cp חַרְבוֹתָ֜/ם 𐤇𐤓𐤁𐤅𐤕/𐤌 charevotam their-swords their destructive blades their swords HNcfpc/Sp3mp לְ/אִתִּ֗ים 𐤋/𐤀𐤕𐤉𐤌 leitim into-plowshares plow-blades into plowshares HR/Ncmpa וַ/חֲנִיתֽוֹתֵי/הֶם֙ 𐤅/𐤇𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤅𐤕𐤉/𐤄𐤌 vachanitoteyhem and-their-spears and their spears and their spears HC/Ncfpc/Sp3mp לְ/מַזְמֵר֔וֹת 𐤋/𐤌𐤆𐤌𐤓𐤅𐤕 lemazemerot into-pruning-hooks for pruning-knives into pruning-hooks HR/Ncfpa לֹא 𐤋𐤀 lo not not not HTn יִשָּׂ֨א 𐤉𐤔𐤀 yisa will-lift he will lift will a nation lift HVqi3ms ג֤וֹי 𐤂𐤅𐤉 goy nation people-group up a sword HNcmsa אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el against toward against HR גּוֹי֙ 𐤂𐤅𐤉 goy-2 nation people-group nation HNcmsa חֶ֔רֶב 𐤇𐤓𐤁 cherev sword blade of destruction sword HNcfsa וְ/לֹא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo and-not and not and not HC/Tn יִלְמְד֥וּ 𐤉𐤋𐤌𐤃𐤅 yilemedu lemba (Kikongo) will-they-learn they will learn will they learn HVqi3mp ע֖וֹד 𐤏𐤅𐤃 od anymore still, again, further anymore HD מִלְחָמָֽה 𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 milechamah war armed conflict battle HNcfsa
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