Isaiah 2

“The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.” Naming Amoz and Isaiah keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD , to the house of the God of…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD .” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of…” Naming Their keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:” Naming Their keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.” The line’s distinctive content terms include boweth, forgive, humbleth. Its relationship to verses 10 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD , and for the glory of his majesty.” Naming Enter keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,” Naming Bashan and Lebanon keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,” The line’s distinctive content terms include high, hills, lifted. Its relationship to verses 13 and 15 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,” The line’s distinctive content terms include fenced, high, tower. Its relationship to verses 14 and 16 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.” Naming Tarshish keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And the idols he shall utterly abolish.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD , and for the…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD , and for the glory of…” The line’s distinctive content terms include rocks, ariseth, clefts. Its relationship to verses 20 and 22 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.