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He shall judge between the nations,
    and shall decide disputes for many peoples;
(A)and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares,
    and their spears into pruning-hooks;
(B)nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
    neither shall they learn war any more.
O house of Jacob,
    come, let us walk
    in (C)the light of the Lord.

The Day of the Lord

For you have rejected your people,
    the house of Jacob,
because they are full of things (D)from the east
    and (E)of fortune-tellers (F)like the Philistines,
    and they (G)strike hands with the children of foreigners.

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He will judge(A) between the nations
    and will settle disputes(B) for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.(C)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,(D)
    nor will they train for war anymore.

Come, descendants of Jacob,(E)
    let us walk in the light(F) of the Lord.

The Day of the Lord

You, Lord, have abandoned(G) your people,
    the descendants of Jacob.(H)
They are full of superstitions from the East;
    they practice divination(I) like the Philistines(J)
    and embrace(K) pagan customs.(L)

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