the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Isaiah 2:20
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In that day men will cast away to the moles and the batsTheir idols of silver and their idols of gold,Which they made for themselves to worship,
In that day men will cast away to the moles and the bats Their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they made for themselves to worship,
In the selfe same day shall man cast away his gods of siluer, and his gods of golde, into the holes of Mowles and Backes, which he neuerthelesse had made to hym selfe to honour them.
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;
In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver And his idols of gold, Which they made, each for himself to worship, To the moles and bats,
In that day a man shall throw his silver, and his golden idols which they made for him to worship to the hole of the burrower and to bats;
At that time people will throw away their idols they made from gold and silver. They made these statues to worship, but they will throw them into holes in the ground where bats and moles live.
In that day a man shall cast his idoles of siluer, and his idoles of golde which they made each one for himselfe to worship, to the moules and to the battes:
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;
Then, the shal ma cast awaye his goddes of syluer and golde (which he neuertheles had made to honoure the) vnto Molles and Backes:
On that Day men and women will take the sticks and stones They've decked out in gold and silver to look like gods and then worshiped, And they will dump them in any ditch or gully, Then run for rock caves and cliff hideouts To hide from the terror of God , from his dazzling presence, When he assumes his full stature on earth, towering and terrifying.
In that day men will throw away to the moles and to the bats Their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they made for themselves [as objects] to worship,
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;
In that day men will put their images of silver and of gold, which they made for worship, in the keeping of the beasts of the dark places;
In that day man 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;
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;
At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live,
On that day everyone will throw to the rats and bats their idols of silver and gold they made to worship.
On that day a man will take hold of his idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, and fling them away to the moles and bats!
At that day shall man cast away his siluer idoles, & his golden idoles (which they had made themselues to worship them) to the mowles and to the backes,
In that day a man shall cast away to the moles and to the bats his idols of gold and his idols of silver, which they made each one for themselves to worship,
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;
In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
On that day of judgment they will abandon the gold and silver idols they made for themselves to worship. They will leave their gods to the rodents and bats,
In that day men will take their false gods of silver and gold which they made for themselves to worship and will throw them away to the moles and the bats.
For in that day a man shall cast forth his silver and gold abominations, which they made in order to worship vanities and bats;
In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made for him to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
In that day men will cast away their idols of silver and gold-the idols they made to worship-away to the moles and bats.
On that day people will throw away to the moles and to the bats their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship,
In that day shall the son of earth cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, - which had been made for him to worship, into the hole of the mice, and to the bats;
In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which he had made for himself to adore, moles and bats.
On that day humanity will throw away its idols of silver and its idols of gold, which they made for it to worship, to the rodents and to the bats—
In that day mankind will cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats,
On that day people will throw away to the moles and the bats Their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they made for themselves to worship,
At that time people will throw away their gold and silver idols, which they made for themselves to worship; they will throw them away to the bats and moles.
When that day comes, they will throw away the gold and silver idols they have made, and abandon them to the moles and the bats.
On that day people will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made to worship, to the moles and the bats.
In that dai a man schal caste awei the idols of his siluer, and the symylacris of his gold, whiche he hadde maad to hym silf, for to worschipe moldewarpis and backis, `ether rere myis.
In that day men will cast forth their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats,
In that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
cast: Isaiah 30:22, Isaiah 31:7, Isaiah 46:1, Hosea 14:8, Philippians 3:7, Philippians 3:8
his idols of silver: Heb. the idols of his silver, etc. Isaiah 46:6
each one for himself to: or, for him to
Reciprocal: Genesis 35:4 - hid them Leviticus 11:19 - bat Leviticus 26:1 - Ye shall Deuteronomy 7:26 - but thou shalt 2 Kings 7:7 - and fled for their life 2 Kings 7:15 - had cast away Job 2:4 - all that Job 36:19 - Will Ecclesiastes 3:6 - and a time to cast Ecclesiastes 5:13 - riches Isaiah 10:3 - where Isaiah 26:1 - that day Isaiah 44:9 - and their Jeremiah 48:13 - ashamed Ezekiel 6:6 - your altars Ezekiel 7:19 - shall cast Ezekiel 14:6 - turn Ezekiel 20:7 - Cast Daniel 3:1 - made Hosea 14:3 - neither Amos 4:3 - them into the palace Micah 5:12 - General Zephaniah 1:18 - their silver Zechariah 13:2 - I will cut Matthew 18:8 - and cast Acts 19:19 - and burned Romans 13:12 - cast James 1:21 - lay 1 Peter 2:1 - laying
Cross-References
Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols o[ gold,.... Being frightened at the terrible shaking of the earth, and at the glory and majesty of Christ, which will be seen in his witnesses and people, at the time of his spiritual coming, and the destruction of antichrist; insomuch that they shall cast away their idols, and relinquish their idolatrous practices, and give glory to the God of heaven, Revelation 11:11:
which they made [each one] for himself to worship; everyone having their peculiar idol, the work of their own hands; which shows their gross ignorance and wretched stupidity:
to the moles, and to the bats; that is, either they shall leave them to persons as blind and ignorant as moles and bats; or rather they shall cast them into the holes which moles make, and bats have recourse unto. The Targum makes these the objects of worship, rendering the words,
"that they may worship the idols and images;''
and the Jewish writers interpret them of images worshipped in the form of moles and bats; though we never read of those creatures being worshipped, Moles were sacrificed to Neptune w. Kimchi refers this text to the times of the Messiah; and some of their ancient writers x apply it to the Messiah, and to his arising and appearing in the land of Galilee.
w Phurnutus de Natura Deorum, p. 59. x Zohar in Exod. fol. 3. 3. &. in Numb. fol. 99. 3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
In that day - That is, in the time when God would come forth to inflict punishment. Probably the day to which the prophet refers here was the time of the captivity at Babylon.
A man shall cast ... - That is, “all” who have idols, or who have been trusting in them. Valuable as they may be - made of gold and silver; and much as he may “now” rely on them or worship them, yet he shall then see their vanity, and shall cast them into dark, obscure places, or holes, where are moles and bats.
To the moles - פרות לחפר lachepor pērôth. Probably this should be read as a single word, and it is usually interpreted “moles.” Jerome interprets it as mice or moles, from חפר châphar, “to dig.” The word is formed by doubling the radical letters to give “intensity.” Similar instances of words being divided in the Hebrew, which are nevertheless to be read as one, occur in 2 Chronicles 24:6; Jeremiah 46:20; Lamentations 4:3; Ezekiel 27:6. The mole is a well-known animal, with exceedingly small eyes, that burrows under ground, lives in the dark, and subsists on roots. The bat lives in o d ruins, and behind the bark of trees, and flies only in the night. They “resemble” each other, and are used here in connection, because “both” dwell amidst ruins and in obscure places; both are regarded as animals of the lowest order; both are of the same genus, and both are almost blind. The sense is, therefore, that the idols which had before been so highly venerated, would now be despised, and cast into obscure places, and amidst ruins, as worthless; see Bochart’s “Hieroz.,” P. i., Lib. iii., p. 1032. Ed. 1663.
And to the bats - ‘The East may be termed the country of bats; they hang by hundreds and thousands in caves, ruins, and under the roofs of large buildings. To enter such places, especially after rain, is “most” offensive. I have lived in rooms where it was sickening to remain, on account of the smell produced by those creatures, and whence it was almost impossible to expel them. What from the appearance of the creature, its sunken diminutive eye, its short legs (with which it cannot walk), its leather-like wings, its half-hairy, oily skin, its offensive ordure ever and anon dropping on the ground, its time for food and sport, darkness, makes it one of the most disgusting creatures to the people of the East. No wonder, then, that its name is used by the Hindoos (as by the prophet) for an epithet of contempt. When a house ceases to please the inhabitants, on account of being haunted, they say, Give it to the “bats.” “Alas! alas! my wife and children are dead; my houses, my buildings, are all given to the bats.” People ask, when passing a tenantless house, “Why is this habitation given to the bats?”’ - “Roberts.” The meaning is, that the man would throw his idols into such places as the bats occupy - he would so see their vanity, and so despise them, as to throw them into old ruins and dark places.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 2:20. Isaiah 2:19. Ver. 20. Which they made each one for himself to worship - "Which they have made to worship"] The word לו lo, for himself, is omitted by two ancient MSS., and is unnecessary. It does not appear that any copy of the Septuagint has it, except MS. Pachom, and MS. I. D. II., and they have εαυτοις, להם lahem, to themselves.
To the moles — They shall carry their idols with them into the dark caverns, old ruins, or desolate places, to which they shall flee for refuge; and so shall give them up, and relinquish them to the filthy animals that frequent such places, and have taken possession of them as their proper habitation. Bellonias, Greaves, P. Lucas, and many other travellers, speak of bats of an enormous size, as inhabiting the Great Pyramid. See Harmer, Obs., vol. ii., 455. Three MSS. express חפרפרות chapharperoth, the moles, as one word.
