UIsaya 2:20

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

20 Ngaloo mini umntu uya kuziphosa ezintukwini nasemalulwaneni izithixo zakhe ezingeni zesilivere, nezithixo zakhe ezingeni zegolide, abamenzelayo ukuze aqubude kuzo;

Bible Verse Review
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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

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.