Isaiah 2:7

7 Their[a] land is full of silver and gold, and there is no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, and there is no limit to their chariots.

Isaiah 2:7 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 2:7

Their land also is full of silver and gold
Procured by pardons, indulgences, masses, praying souls out of purgatory, tithes, annates, Peter's pence

neither [is there any] end of their treasures;
laid up in the pope's coffers, in their churches, monasteries, and convents:

their land is also full of horses, neither [is there any] end of
their chariots;
for the cardinals, archbishops, bishops to ride on and in. Horses and chariots are mentioned among the wares and merchandise of Rome, in ( Revelation 18:13 ) .

Isaiah 2:7 In-Context

5 House of Jacob, come and let us walk in the Lord's light.
6 For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of [divination] from the East and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines. They are in league with foreigners.
7 Their land is full of silver and gold, and there is no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, and there is no limit to their chariots.
8 Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
9 So humanity is brought low, and man is humbled. Do not forgive them!

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit Its; the house of Jacob
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