Isaiah 2:20
18 and the idols will vanish completely.
19 Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
22 Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.
- KJV
- In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
- WEB
- In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which have been made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats,
- ASV
- In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
- DARBY
- In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made [each] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
- BLB
- In that day man will throw away the idols of his silver, and idols of his gold, which they made, [each] for himself, to bow down to diggers of holes and to the bats,
- ÅB
- På den dag skal menneskene kaste sine guder av sølv og gull, som de har gjort seg for å tilbe dem, bort til muldvarpene og flaggermusene
- OTB
- På den dagen skal folk kaste til moldvarpene og flaggermusene sine sølvavguder og gullavguder, som de laget for å tilbe.
- B1930
- På den dag skal menneskene kaste sine guder av sølv og gull, som de har gjort sig for å tilbede dem, bort til muldvarpene og flaggermusene
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 30:22
So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
Read in contextIsaiah 31:7
For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:7–8
But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
Read in contextHosea 14:8
O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
Read in contextIsaiah 46:6
They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
Read in contextLeviticus 11:19
the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
Read in contextIsaiah 46:1
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
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