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Good News Translation

Isaiah 2:5

Now, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light which the Lord gives us!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Gentiles;   Gospel;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Salvation;   Zeal, Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jews, the;   Light;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jacob;   Light;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Israel;   King, Kingship;   New Jerusalem;   Sexuality, Human;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Noah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Word;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   Magic, Divination, and Sorcery;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Progress;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Kingdom of christ of heaven;   Kingdom of god;   Kingdom of heaven;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings);   Light;   Promise;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
House of Jacob,come and let us walk in the Lord’s light.
Hebrew Names Version
House of Ya`akov, come, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
King James Version
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord .
English Standard Version
O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord .
New American Standard Bible
Come, house of Jacob, and let's walk in the light of the LORD.
New Century Version
Come, family of Jacob, and let us follow the way of the Lord .
Amplified Bible
O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
World English Bible
House of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of Yahweh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
O house of Iaakob, come ye, and let vs walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
Come, house of Jacob, and let us walk in the light of Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Contemporary English Version
People of Israel, let's live by the light of the Lord .
Complete Jewish Bible
Descendants of Ya‘akov, come! Let's live in the light of Adonai !
Darby Translation
House of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Family of Jacob, let us follow the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
O house of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Lexham English Bible
House of Jacob, come and let us walk in the light of Yahweh.
Literal Translation
Oh house of Jacob, come and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
It is to the that I crie (o house of Iacob) vp, let us walke in the light of the LORDE.
American Standard Version
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
O family of Jacob, come, and let us go in the light of the Lord.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
O house of Iacob, come yee, and let vs walke in the light of the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Come ye O house of Iacob, and let vs walke in the lyght of the Lorde:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now, O house of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
English Revised Version
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Come ye, the hous of Jacob, and go we in the liyt of the Lord.
Update Bible Version
O house of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
New English Translation
O descendants of Jacob, come, let us walk in the Lord 's guiding light.
New King James Version
O house of Jacob, come and let us walk In the light of the LORD.
New Living Translation
Come, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord !
New Life Bible
Come, people of Jacob. Let us walk in the light of the Lord.
New Revised Standard
O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord !
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
O house of Jacob! come ye and let us walk in the light of Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
O house of Jacob, come, And we walk in the light of Jehovah.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Come, house of Jacob, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

1 Here is the message which God gave to Isaiah son of Amoz about Judah and Jerusalem: 2 In days to come the mountain where the Temple stands will be the highest one of all, towering above all the hills. Many nations will come streaming to it, 3 and their people will say, "Let us go up the hill of the Lord , to the Temple of Israel's God. He will teach us what he wants us to do; we will walk in the paths he has chosen. For the Lord 's teaching comes from Jerusalem; from Zion he speaks to his people." 4 He will settle disputes among great nations. They will hammer their swords into plows and their spears into pruning knives. Nations will never again go to war, never prepare for battle again. 5 Now, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light which the Lord gives us!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

come ye: Isaiah 2:3, Isaiah 50:10, Isaiah 50:11, Isaiah 60:1, Isaiah 60:19, Psalms 89:15, Luke 1:79, John 12:35, John 12:36, Romans 13:12-14, Ephesians 5:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:6, 1 John 1:7, Revelation 21:23, Revelation 21:24

Reciprocal: Job 33:30 - enlightened Psalms 26:3 - and Psalms 27:1 - light Psalms 36:9 - in thy Psalms 56:13 - walk Song of Solomon 6:1 - that Jeremiah 6:16 - and walk Hosea 11:10 - walk Micah 4:5 - and we Micah 7:8 - the Lord Zechariah 10:12 - walk Colossians 2:6 - walk Revelation 22:17 - Come

Cross-References

Genesis 2:9
He made all kinds of beautiful trees grow there and produce good fruit. In the middle of the garden stood the tree that gives life and the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad.
Genesis 2:11
The first river is the Pishon; it flows around the country of Havilah.
Genesis 2:12
(Pure gold is found there and also rare perfume and precious stones.)
Genesis 3:23
So the Lord God sent them out of the Garden of Eden and made them cultivate the soil from which they had been formed.
Genesis 4:2
Later she gave birth to another son, Abel. Abel became a shepherd, but Cain was a farmer.
Genesis 4:12
If you try to grow crops, the soil will not produce anything; you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth."
Job 5:10
He sends rain on the land and he waters the fields.
Psalms 104:14
You make grass grow for the cattle and plants for us to use, so that we can grow our crops
Psalms 135:7
He brings storm clouds from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the storms, and he brings out the wind from his storeroom.
Jeremiah 14:22
None of the idols of the nations can send rain; the sky by itself cannot make showers fall. We have put our hope in you, O Lord our God, because you are the one who does these things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

O house of Jacob,.... This is either an exhortation of the prophet to the men of his generation, to attend to the light of the law, which the Lord had given them, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi; or rather, as the Targum and Jarchi suggest, an exhortation of the nations to the people of Israel, and are indeed the words of the converted Gentiles to the people of the Jews, being concerned for their conversion and spiritual welfare, as will appear in the latter day; when they will not only encourage one another to go up to the house of the Lord, as in the preceding verses, but will be very solicitous that the Jews, the posterity of Jacob, share with them in all that light and glory that shall be risen upon Zion; as follows:

come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord; meaning either Christ, in whom the light of the knowledge of the glory of God is given, and the glory of all the perfections of the divine nature is displayed; who is that light that dwells with the Lord, was sent forth by him, and came into this world as the light of it, and is given for a light to the Gentiles, as well as the glory of the people of Israel; and who is the author of all light; of corporeal light, in the first creation; of the sun, moon, and stars; of the light of nature in every man; of the light of the Gospel of the grace of God; of the spiritual light of grace in the hearts of his people; and of the light of eternal glory: or else the Gospel is intended, called the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, 2 Corinthians 4:4 by which some are only notionally enlightened, and some spiritually and savingly, when it is attended with the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Christ: or rather, the light of the latter day glory, which includes the other two; when Christ and his Gospel will be more clearly revealed and seen, not only by the watchmen, who will see eye to eye, but by all the saints; when the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun sevenfold as the light of seven days, and the whole earth shall be lightened with its glory, Isaiah 30:26 and to "walk" in this light, as it respects Christ, is to walk by faith in him, to go on in believing views of him, and to walk in imitation of him, and as he directs; and as it respects the Gospel, it is to embrace it, profess it, hold it fast, and hold it forth; and to walk as that prescribes and guides, and as becomes it; and to walk as children of the light, wisely and circumspectly; worthy of the calling of God, of the grace he calls by, and the kingdom he calls to: and to walk in the light of the latter day glory is to enjoy it, and share in all the blessings of it, with perseverance therein, through the grace of God; and such walking is pleasant and comfortable; such shall have the communion of God and Christ, and fellowship one with another, and at last enjoy the light of life. John 8:12

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O house of Jacob - This is a direct address, or exhortation, of the prophet to the Jews. It is made in view of the fact that God had gracious purposes toward them. He intended to distinguish them by making them the source of blessings to all nations. As this was to be their high destiny, he exhorts them to devote themselves to him, and to live to his honor. The word “house” here means the “family, or nation.” The phrase is applied to the Jews because their tribes were descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.

Let us walk - Let us “live.” The word “walk” is often used to denote human life or conduct; compare Isaiah 2:3; Romans 6:4; Romans 8:1; 1 Corinthians 5:7; Galatians 6:16, ...

In the light of the Lord - The sense of this is: Let us obey the commandments of Yahweh; or, as the Chaldee expresses it, ‘Let us walk in the doctrine of the law of the Lord.’ The idea may be thus expressed: ‘Let us not walk in the darkness and error of sin and idolatry, but in the light or instruction which God sheds upon us by his law. He teaches us what we should do, and let us obey him.’ “Light” is often, in the Scriptures, thus put for instruction, or teaching; compare the note at Matthew 4:16; note at John 1:4; also, note at Ephesians 5:8.


 
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