Isaiah 2:4

Hebrew Bible

2 In future days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will endure as the most important of mountains and will be the most prominent of hills. All the nations will stream to it; 3 many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards.” For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the Lord’s message will issue from Jerusalem. 4 He will judge disputes between nations; he will settle cases for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not take up the sword against other nations, and they will no longer train for war. 5 O descendants of Jacob, come, let us walk in the Lord’s guiding light. 6 Indeed, O Lord, you have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob. For diviners from the east are everywhere; they consult omen readers like the Philistines do. Plenty of foreigners are around.

Micah 4:3

Hebrew Bible

1 And in future days the Lord’s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; it will be more prominent than other hills. People will stream to it. 2 Many nations will come, saying,“Come on! Let’s go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the temple of Jacob’s God, so he can teach us his ways and we can live by his laws.” For instruction will proceed from Zion, the Lord’s message from Jerusalem. 3 He will arbitrate between many peoples and settle disputes between many distant nations. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not use weapons against other nations, and they will no longer train for war. 4 Each will sit under his own grapevine or under his own fig tree without any fear. The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has decreed it. 5 Though all the nations follow their respective gods, we will follow the Lord our God forever.

 Notes and References

"... The question why the Book of Micah has many contacts with the Book of Isaiah cannot be explained biographically by stating Micah was a contemporary of Isaiah or a member of his prophetic school. Instead, the Book of Micah was approximated by redactors to the prophecy of Isaiah on the one hand and to the prophecies of Hosea and Amos on the other hand. Since these contacts are inextricably linked with each other and constitute a considerable part of the book, it can be assumed that there was never an independent Book of Micah. It was rather composed as a continuation of the prophecies of Hosea and Amos and as the representative of the central contents of Isaiah’s message in the Book of the Twelve ..."

Zapff, Burkard Maria Why is Micah similar to Isaiah? (pp. 536-554) Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, vol. 129, no. 4, 2017

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