Isaiah 30:22

22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a polluted cloth; thou shalt say to it, Be gone from me.

Isaiah 30:22 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 30:22

Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of
silver
Images made of solid silver, covered with rich and costly garments; or images covered and decorated with plates of silver; see ( Jeremiah 10:4 Jeremiah 10:8 ) these they not only pulled down and defaced, but defiled, to show their contempt and abhorrence of them: and the ornament of thy molten images of gold;
images made of solid gold, covered with an ephod, as the word here used signifies; such an one as the high priest wore, and Micah made for his house of idolatry, ( Exodus 28:6 ) ( Judges 17:5 ) : thou shall cast them away as a menstruous cloth;
which is not only filthy and loathsome, but defiling; whoever touched it were unclean by the law for a while; or as a woman in her monthly courses, who, during that time, was to be separate from her husband, ( Leviticus 15:19 ) ; this is used to express the pollution and nauseousness of idols, and of the utter rejection of them: thou shall say unto it, Get thee hence;
Kimchi observes that some say the word signifies "dung; thou shall say to it, thou art dung", and only fit for the dunghill, and to it thou shall go; at the same time cast it out, declaring abhorrence of idols, repentance for worshipping them, and signifying that they would have nothing more to do with them. This shows the efficacy of the word of God when it comes not in word only, but with the power and Spirit of God; it was fulfilled in some measure in Hezekiah's time; see ( 2 Kings 18:4 ) ( 2 Chronicles 29:16 ) ( 31:1 ) , and after the Babylonish captivity, when the Jews left off idolatry, and never more returned to it; and when the Gospel prevailed in the Roman Pagan empire, and at the time of the Reformation, and will be more largely accomplished when Popery shall be utterly destroyed through the powerful ministration of the Gospel.

Isaiah 30:22 In-Context

20 And [though] the Lord shall give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thy eyes shall see thy teachers:
21 And thy ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a polluted cloth; thou shalt say to it, Be gone from me.
23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, with which thou shalt sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that plow the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
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