Isaiah 2:20

20 In that day people will throw away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made to worship.

Isaiah 2:20 in Other Translations

KJV
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;
ESV
20 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,
NLT
20 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,
MSG
20 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,
CSB
20 On that day people will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made to worship, to the moles and the bats.

Isaiah 2:20 In-Context

18 and the idols will totally disappear.
19 People will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from the fearful presence of the LORDand the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.
20 In that day people will throw away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made to worship.
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks and to the overhanging crags from the fearful presence of the LORDand the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.
22 Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nostrils. Why hold them in esteem?

Cross References 4

  • 1. S ver 11
  • 2. Leviticus 11:19
  • 3. S Job 22:24; Ezekiel 36:25; Revelation 9:20
  • 4. Ezekiel 7:19-20; Ezekiel 14:6
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