Isaiah 2:7

For their land is filled with silver and gold, and there was no number of their treasures; their land also is filled with horses, and there was no number of their chariots.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

6For he has forsaken his people the house of Israel, because their land is filled as at the beginning with divinations, as the land of the + 2:6 Or, aliens, see Appendix which has: “ISAIAH 2. 6. — Philistines. The LXX. generally render by Φιλιστεὶμ or Φυλιστιὶμ till about the middle of Judges, after which the word almost always used is ἀλλόφυλοι. In this there was probably some accommodation of sound to tense.Philistines, and many strange children were born to them.

8And the land is filled with abominations, even the works of their hands; and they have worshipped the works which their fingers made.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:16For he shall not multiply to himself horses, and he shall by no means turn the people back to Egypt, lest he should multiply to himself horses; for the Lord said, Ye shall not any more turn back by that way.

1 Kings 10:21And all the vessels made by Solomon were of gold, and the lavers were golden, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of + 10:21 Lit. 'shut up with gold,' a frequent phrase in Heb. and Gr. for 'pure gold.' See chap. 6. 20.pure gold; there was no silver, for it was not accounted of in the days of Solomon.

Job 3:15or with rulers, whose gold was abundant, who filled their houses with silver:

Isaiah 30:16but ye said, We will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will be aided by swift riders; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

Jeremiah 5:27As a snare which has been set is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore have they grown great, and become rich:

Micah 5:10and I will utterly destroy the cities of thy land, and demolish all thy strong-holds:

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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