Isaiah 31:7

For 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

In Context

6Shuvu (turn ye, return) unto Him from Whom the Bnei Yisroel have deeply revolted.

8Then shall the Assyrian fall by a cherev, not of an ish (man); 1 and a cherev not of adam (of mortals) shall devour him; 1 so he shall flee from before the cherev, 1 and his bochrim shall become forced laborers. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 12:28Whereupon HaMelech took counsel, and made two eglei zahav (calves of gold), and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Yerushalayim; hinei, eloheicha, O Yisroel, which brought thee up out of Eretz Mitzrayim.

Isaiah 30:22Ye shall defile also the covering of thy peselim of kesef, and the clothing of thy massekhot (cast idols) of zahav; thou shalt throw them away like a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee from here.

Hosea 8:11Because Ephrayim hath built many mizbechot for sin, 1 mizbechot shall be unto him to sin. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 31:7-9

A Call to Repentance; Deliverance of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 720.) 6 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. 7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin. 8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. 9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for… Read the whole commentary →

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