Isaiah 2:20

In Yom Hahu a man shall cast 1 his elilei kesef, and his elilei zahav, 1 which they made each one for himself to worship, 1 to the moles and to the bats; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

In Context

19And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, 1 and into the caves of aphar, 1 for pachad (terror of) Hashem, 1 and for the hadar of His majesty, 1 when He ariseth to shake ha'aretz. 1

21To go into the clefts of the rocks, 1 and into the tops of the crags 1 before pachad (terror) of Hashem, 1 and for the hadar of His majesty, 1 when He ariseth to shake ha'aretz. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:19And the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

Isaiah 10:3And what will ye do in the Yom Pekuddah (Day Of Visitation, Reckoning) 1 and in the desolation which shall come from afar? 1 To whom will ye flee for ezrah (help)? 1 And where will ye leave your kavod (glory, riches)? 1

Isaiah 31:7For in that day every ish shall cast away his elilim of kesef, and his elilim of zahav, which your own hands have made unto you as a chet. 1

Isaiah 46:6They lavish zahav out of the bag, 1 and weigh kesef on the scale, and hire a tzoref (goldsmith); 1 and he maketh it El (G-d); 1 they fall down, yes, they bow down in worship. 1

Zephaniah 2:11Hashem will be terrible unto them; 1 for He will reduce to nothing all the elohei ha'aretz (g-ds of the land); 1 and men shall worship Hashem, everyone from his place, 1 even all the coasts and islands of the Goyim. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 2:11-22

The Doom of Idolaters. ( b. c. 758.) 10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord , and for the glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all… Read the whole commentary →

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