Introduction

Isaiah 2:1–5: In today’s reading, Isaiah describes how God will treat those who sin and rebel against him but will save everyone who repents. The reading concludes with a vision of the future Jerusalem and everlasting peace.

Today’s Key Verse: Isaiah 2:3b GNT

He will teach us what he wants us to do; we will walk in the paths he has chosen.

Read

2 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,[a]
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!

Reflect

Reread verses 2–4. What were your thoughts as you read these words? How do you envision what is described? In what ways does your life demonstrate that you “walk in the paths [God] has chosen” (verse 3)?

Pray

Merciful God, I repent of my sinful ways and offer you a humble and contrite heart. Teach me what you want me to do so that I may walk in your righteous paths. Amen.

Tomorrow’s Reading

Isaiah 9:1b-7: The prophet describes a future king.