Isaiah 2:20

In that day shall the son of earth cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold,—which had been made for him to worship, into the hole of the mice, and to the bats;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 enter into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of clay,—Because of the terribleness of Yahweh, And for his majestic splendour, When he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

21That he may enter into the clefts of the rocks, and into the fissures of the crags,—Because of the terribleness of Yahweh, And for his majestic splendour, When he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:19and the stork, and the parrot, after its kind,—and the mountain-cock and the bat.

Isaiah 10:3What, then, will ye do for the day of visitation, And for the devastation, which from afar, shall come? Unto whom, will ye flee for help? And where will ye leave your gory?

Isaiah 31:7For in that day, will every man reject his idols of silver, and his idols of gold,—Which your hands had made for you as a sin!

Isaiah 46:6They who pour gold out of a purse, And who weigh silver in a balance,—Who hire a goldsmith that he may make it into a GOD, They adore, yea they bow down;

Zephaniah 2:11Terrible will Yahweh be against them, for he hath caused to waste away all the gods of the earth, that men may bow down to him, every one from his place, all the coastlands of the nations:

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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