Isaiah 31:7
5 Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”
6 Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.
For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
8 “Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.
9 Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
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
- For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
- KJV
- For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
- WEB
- For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold—sin which your own hands have made for you.
- ASV
- For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
- DARBY
- for in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your sinful hands have made unto you.
- BLB
- for in that day, a man will reject the idols of his silver and the idols of his gold, which your⁺ own hands have made for you⁺ as sin.
- ÅB
- For på den tid skal hver av dere forkaste sine sølvguder og gullguder, som deres hender har gjort dere til å synde med.
- OTB
- For på den dagen skal hver av dere kaste bort deres sølvavguder og gullavguder, som deres syndige hender har laget.
- B1930
- For på den tid skal hver av eder forkaste sine sølvguder og gullguder, som eders hender har gjort eder til å synde med.
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 2:20
In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.
Read in contextEzekiel 36:25
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 7:25
You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
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 contextHosea 8:11
Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
Read in context1 Kings 12:28–30
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
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