Isaiah 2:7
5 Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
6 For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.
8 Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
9 So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not forgive them!
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
- Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.
- KJV
- Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:
- WEB
- Their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures. Their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.
- ASV
- And their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.
- DARBY
- And their land is full of silver and gold, and there is no end of their treasures: their land also is full of horses, and there is no end of their chariots.
- BLB
- And its land is full of silver and gold, and [there is] no end to the treasure. And its land is full of horses, and [there is] no end to the chariots.
- ÅB
- Deres land ble fullt av sølv og gull, og det er ingen ende på dets skatter; deres land ble fullt av hester, og det er ingen ende på dets vogner;
- OTB
- Deres land er fullt av sølv og gull, og deres skatter synes endeløse. Deres land er fullt av hester, og deres vogner er utallige.
- B1930
- Deres land blev fullt av sølv og gull, og det er ingen ende på dets skatter; deres land blev fullt av hester, og det er ingen ende på dets vogner;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 17:16–17
But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
Read in contextPsalms 20:7
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:16
“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
Read in contextMicah 5:10
“In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.
Read in context1 Kings 4:26
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
Read in contextRevelation 18:11–17
And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—
Read in contextJames 5:1–3
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
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