Isaiah 2:20

On that day, people will get rid of all their gold and silver idols that they made to worship, and they will throw them to the bats and rats.

Translation for Translators

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

19When Yahweh comes to shake/terrify the people on the earth, they will run to hide in caves in rock cliffs and in holes/pits in the ground, because of being afraid of Yahweh and of his glorious and awesome power.

21Then they will crawl into caves and hide in the crags in the cliffs. They will do that to escape from the dreadful punishments that Yahweh will cause them to endure, from what he will do because he is glorious and awesome, when he comes to shake/terrify the people on the earth.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:19storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, and bats.

Isaiah 10:3When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, ◄to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.► [RHQ] Your valuable possessions will certainly not be safe [RHQ] anywhere.

Isaiah 31:7When you do that, each of you will throw away the idols that you [SYN] have sinned by making, idols that are covered with silver and gold.

Isaiah 46:6So it is stupid/ridiculous that some people pour out gold and silver from their bags and weigh it on a scale. Then they hire a man who makes things from gold to make an idol from it. After he makes an idol, they bow down and worship it!

Zephaniah 2:11Yahweh will cause them to be terrified when he destroys all the gods of their countries. Then even the people who live on islands throughout the world will worship Yahweh, each in their own countries.

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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