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O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Isaiah 2:5 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB House of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of Yahweh.
  • BSB Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
  • NKJV O house of Jacob, come and let us walk In the light of the Lord.
  • NASB ¶Come, house of Jacob, and let’s walk in the light of the Lord.
  • NLT Come, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord!

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Quick answer

In light of that glorious future, Isaiah calls the house of Jacob to walk now in the LORD's light. The vision becomes a present summons to faithfulness.

Overview

The promised day of peace should motivate God's people to live obediently today. 'Walking in the light' means living according to God's revealed truth and righteousness. This anticipates the call to walk as children of light in Christ, the true light of the world (John 8:12; Ephesians 5:8).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 14

  • Eph 5:8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
  • 1 Jn 1:7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
  • Luke 1:79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
  • Isa 60:19–20The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
  • 1 Jn 1:5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
  • Rev 21:23–24And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
  • John 12:35–36Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
  • Isa 58:1Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
  • Ps 89:15Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
  • 1 Th 5:5–6Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
  • Isa 2:3And 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.
  • Isa 50:10–11Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
  • Isa 60:1–2Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
  • Rom 13:12–14The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Isaiah videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on IsaiahMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).

How Isaiah 2:5 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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