Isaiah 2:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽהָלְכ֞וּ עַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֗ים וְאָמְרוּ֙ לְכ֣וּ ׀ וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה אֶל־הַר־יְהוָ֗ה אֶל־בֵּית֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְיֹרֵ֙נוּ֙ מִדְּרָכָ֔יו וְנֵלְכָ֖ה בְּאֹרְחֹתָ֑יו כִּ֤י מִצִיּוֹן֙ תֵּצֵ֣א תוֹרָ֔ה וּדְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה מִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

Transliteration

And-hālkû ʿammîm rabbîm and-ʾāmrû, lekû and-naʿălê to-har-YHWH, to-bêt ʾĕlōhê Yaʿăqōb, and-yōrēnû from-derākāyw, and-nēlkâ in-ʾōreḥōtāyw, kî from-Ṣiyyôn tēṣēʾ tôrâ and-debar-YHWH from-Yerûšālāim.

Grammar Details

• *wə-hālkû*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd common plural - and they will go/walk/come
• *ʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural - peoples/nations
• *rabbîm*: adjective, masculine plural - many/great
• *wə-ʾāmrû*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd common plural - and they will say
• *lekû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - go/come!
• *wə-naʿălê*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 1st common plural cohortative - and let us go up
• *ʾel-har*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - to the mountain of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *ʾel-bêt*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - to the house of
• *ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - God of
• *Yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
• *wə-yōrēnû*: conjunction + verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st common plural suffix - and he will teach us
• *mi-derākāyw*: preposition + noun, feminine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his ways
• *wə-nēlkâ*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 1st common plural cohortative - and let us walk
• *bə-ʾōreḥōtāyw*: preposition + noun, feminine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his paths
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *mi-Ṣiyyôn*: preposition + proper noun - from Zion
• *tēṣēʾ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will go out/come forth
• *tôrâ*: noun, feminine singular - law/instruction/teaching
• *û-debar*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and word/matter of
• *mi-Yerûšālāim*: preposition + proper noun - from Jerusalem

Word Meanings

• *ʿammîm*: peoples/nations/tribes
• *lekû*: come!/go!/proceed!
• *naʿălê*: let us go up/ascend/climb
• *yōrēnû*: he will teach us/instruct us/direct us
• *derākāyw*: his ways/roads/paths/journeys
• *ʾōreḥōtāyw*: his paths/ways/tracks
• *tôrâ*: law/instruction/teaching/direction
• *debar*: word/speech/command/matter

Referenced Verses

• Luke 24:47 : 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• Zech 8:20-23 : 20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. 22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
• Isa 51:4-5 : 4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people. 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
• Jer 31:6 : 6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
• Jer 50:4-5 : 4 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. 5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
• Deut 6:1 : 1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
• Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
• Ps 110:2 : 2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
• John 7:17 : 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
• Acts 1:8 : 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
• Acts 10:33 : 33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
• Acts 13:46-48 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. 47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
• Rom 10:18 : 18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
• Jas 1:25 : 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
• Matt 7:24 : 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
• Luke 11:28 : 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.