Isaias 2:5
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Domus Jacob, venite, et ambulemus in lumine Domini.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ νῦν, ὁ οἶκος Ἰακώβ, δεῦτε πορευθῶμεν τῷ φωτὶ Κυρίου.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- בֵּ֖ית יַעֲקֹ֑ב לְכ֥וּ וְנֵלְכָ֖ה בְּא֥וֹר יְהוָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Lord. Ezechias, or rather Christ and his Church, invite all to embrace the true faith. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Cyprian Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews, Testimony VII
In Isaiah: “Come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord. For He hath sent away His people, the house of Israel.” In His Gospel also, according to John: “That was the true light which lighteth every man that cometh into this world. He was in this world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.” Moreover, in the same place: “He that believeth not is judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light.”
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CXXXV
12. “The Lord hath judged His people, and will be called upon among His servants” ( ver. 14 ). Already hath He judged the people. Save the final judgment, the people of the Jews is judged. What is “judged”? The just are taken away, the unjust are left. But if I lie, or am thought to lie, because I have said, it is already judged, hear the Lord saying, “I have come for judgment into this world, that they who see not may see, and they who see may be made blind.” The proud are made blind, the lowly are enlightened. Therefore, “He hath judged His people.” Isaiah spake the judgment. …
The Fathers are given as they wrote. Where a passage lays the Passion on the Jewish people, the Church teaches that it cannot be charged against all the Jews then living, nor against the Jews of today, and that all sinners were its authors (CCC 597, 598).