Isaiah 2:1-5

All nations used to believe that gods lived on mountains. The *Lord’s mountain (Mount Zion) is ‘the greatest of all mountains’. That is, the *Lord is greater than any god.

• The ‘day is coming’ refers to the ‘Day of the *Lord’. That is when God will be the judge of all nations (see Isaiah 2:12-21). And he will establish peace among them (see Isaiah 9:1-7).

• People respect each other if their society respects God.

Israel prefers false gods

v6 But the *Lord no longer wants his special people. This is because they gladly accept foreigners from the east who practise magic like the *Philistines. v7 The people in Israel own masses of silver and gold. Nobody can count the number of horses and carriages for war. v8 Everywhere there are images of false gods. People have made them with their own hands. But then they persuade themselves that their images are their gods! v9 The people in Israel are so proud of themselves. Their *Lord can never forgive such an attitude.