Isaiah 2:8

Their land is full of images; they give worship to the work of their hands, even to that which their fingers have made.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

In Context

7And their land is full of silver and gold, and there is no end to their stores; their land is full of horses, and there is no end to their carriages.

9And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:28There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.

2 Kings 17:16And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal.

2 Chronicles 28:2But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel and made images of metal for the Baals.

2 Chronicles 33:3For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven;

Isaiah 10:10As my hand has come on the kingdoms of the images, whose pictured images were more in number than those of Jerusalem and Samaria;

Isaiah 37:19And have given their gods to the fire: for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 2:7-10

A Charge against the Israelites. ( b. c. 758.) 6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. 7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots: 8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own… Read the whole commentary →

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