Yesaya 2:4
Konteks2:4 He will judge disputes between nations;
he will settle cases for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares, 1
and their spears into pruning hooks. 2
Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,
and they will no longer train for war.
Yesaya 43:9
Konteks43:9 All nations gather together,
the peoples assemble.
Who among them announced this?
Who predicted earlier events for us? 3
Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right;
let them listen and affirm, ‘It is true.’
[2:4] 1 sn Instead of referring to the large plow as a whole, the plowshare is simply the metal tip which actually breaks the earth and cuts the furrow.
[2:4] 2 sn This implement was used to prune the vines, i.e., to cut off extra leaves and young shoots (H. Wildberger, Isaiah, 1:93; M. Klingbeil, NIDOTTE 1:1117-18). It was a short knife with a curved hook at the end sharpened on the inside like a sickle. Breaking weapons and fashioning agricultural implements indicates a transition from fear and stress to peace and security.
[43:9] 3 tn Heb “and the former things was causing us to hear?”