Isaiah 31:7

7 For in that day every man will ¹cast away his silver idols and his gold idols, which your ²sinful hands have made for you as ³a sin.

Isaiah 31:7 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 31:7

For in that day
When deliverance shall be wrought; when men shall be convinced of the vanity and insufficiency of their idols to help them, and of their sin in worshipping them; when they shall be brought to repentance for it, and turn to the Lord as an evidence of it:

every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of
gold;
with contempt and abhorrence of them, as the word ^F23 signifies; every man "his" own idol, and even those that were of the greatest value, which were made of gold and silver:

which your own hands have made unto you [for] a sin;
their idols were the work of their own hands, and were made by them in order to commit sin with, the sin of idolatry; or sin may be put for the punishment of sin, which is the issue and consequence of such practices: or it may be rendered, "which your hands of sin", or "sinful hands, have made" ^F24; it was a sin to make such idols, especially with a view to worship them; it was a sin to worship them; and the fruit of it was deserved punishment.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 (Nwoamy) a (oam) "spernere, reprobare."
F24 (ajx Mkydy) "manus vestrae flagitiosae", Bootius Animadv. Sacr. l. 4. c. 2. sect. 12.

Isaiah 31:7 In-Context

5 Like flying birds so the LORD of hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; He will pass over and rescue it.

6 Return to Him from whom you have deeply defected, O sons of Israel.

7 For in that day every man will cast away his silver idols and his gold idols, which your sinful hands have made for you as a sin.

8 And the Assyrian will fall by a sword not of man, And a sword not of man will devour him. So he will not escape the sword, And his young men will become forced laborers.

9 "His rock will pass away because of panic, And his princes will be terrified at the standard," Declares the LORD , whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 2:20; Isaiah 30:22
• 2. 1 Kings 12:30
• 3. 1 Kings 12:30