Isaiah 2:20
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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;In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.
In other translations
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;In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.
Hebrew words
בַּיּוֹםbaiyomin the dayH3117הַהוּאhahu'<the> thatH1931יַשְׁלִיךְyashlikhit will throw awayH7993הָאָדָםha'adam<the> humankindH120אֵת'et<obj.>H853אֱלִילֵי'elilei[the] idols ofH457כַסְפּוֹkhasposilver itsH3701וְאֵתve'etand <obj.>H853אֱלִילֵי'elilei[the] idols ofH457זְהָבוֹzehavogold itsH2091אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834עָשׂוּ־'asu-they madeH6213לוֹlofor himselfלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹתlehishtachavotto bow downH7812לַחְפֹּרlachporto [the] digging ofH2661פֵּרוֹתperotmolesH6512וְלָעֲטַלֵּפִים׃vela'atalefimand to the batsH5847
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Related verses
- Isaiah 30:22Ye 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.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!”
- Isaiah 31:7For 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.For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
- Hosea 14:8Ephraim 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.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.
- Leviticus 11:19And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
- Philippians 3:7-87 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,7 But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
- Isaiah 46:1Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
- Isaiah 46:6They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.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.
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