Advent · First Sunday in Advent · Year A
Isaiah 2:1-5
November 30, 2025

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Commentary
Commentary on Isaiah 2:1-5 Working Preacher
Argues that these five verses of hope, embedded in two chapters of judgment, imagine Judah becoming the center of a disarmed, instructed world.
Isaiah 2:1-5 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Reformed preaching commentary on the mountain-of-the-Lord vision and the swords-into-plowshares oracle as the Old Testament reading opening Advent.
Isaiah 2 Commentary Enduring Word (David Guzik)
Verse-by-verse commentary on the coming exaltation of the Lord's mountain and the disarmament oracle in vv. 1-5, set against the judgment that follows in the chapter.
Isaiah 2:1-4 Commentary Precept Austin
Explains the vision as grounded in God's covenant faithfulness to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob rather than Israel's own merit.
Isaiah 2 Word on Fire (Bishop Barron)
Catholic scripture-reflection feed on Isaiah 2, tied explicitly to this Sunday's full reading set (Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122, Romans 13:11-14, Matthew 24:37-44).
Background & Word Study
Isaiah 2:2-4 - Swords into Plowshares Enter the Bible
Locates the passage in Isaiah's 'Zion tradition,' where nations stream to Zion to learn Torah and beat weapons into farm tools.
Isaiah 2:1-5 Sefaria
Hebrew/English parallel text with linked classical Jewish commentaries (including Malbim) on the mountain-of-the-Lord vision.
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