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TREASURES FROM GOD’S WORD | ISAIAH 1-5
“Let Us Go Up to the Mountain of Jehovah”
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“In the final part of the days”
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The time in which we now live
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“The mountain of the house of Jehovah”
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Jehovah’s elevated pure worship
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“To it all the nations will stream”
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Those embracing pure worship gather in unity
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“Come, let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah”
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True worshippers invite others to join them
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“He will instruct us about his ways, and we will walk in his paths”
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By means of his Word, Jehovah instructs us and helps us to walk in his paths
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“Nor will they learn war anymore”
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Isaiah described a conversion of weapons of war into farming implements, indicating that Jehovah’s people would pursue peace. What were these tools in Isaiah’s day?
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“Swords into plowshares”
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1 A plowshare was the part of a plow that cut the surface of the soil. Some were made of metal.—1Sa 13:20
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“Spears into pruning shears”
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2 A pruning shear was perhaps a sickle-shaped metal blade fastened to a handle. This tool was used to prune vines.—Isa 18:5
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