Isaiah 31:7
5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
6 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
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.
8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace 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.
Compare
- 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
Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:20
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;
Read in contextEzekiel 36:25
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 7:25
The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
Read in contextHosea 14:8
Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
Read in contextHosea 8:11
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
Read in context1 Kings 12:28–30
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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