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Isaiah 2:20

In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which have been made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats,

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  • WEB World English Bible

    In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which have been made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats,

  • KJV 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;

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

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

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Cross-references (7)

Passages linked to Isaiah 2:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Isaiah 30:22 You shall defile the overlaying of your engraved images of silver, and the plating of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away as an unclean thing. You shall tell it, “Go away!”
  • Isaiah 31:7 For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold—sin which your own hands have made for you.
  • Leviticus 11:19 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
  • Isaiah 46:1 Bel bows down. Nebo stoops. Their idols are carried by animals, and on the livestock. The things that you carried around are heavy loads, a burden for the weary.
  • Isaiah 46:6 Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down— yes, they worship.
  • Hosea 14:8 Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green cypress tree; from me your fruit is found.”
  • Philippians 3:7-8 However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ. Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

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Explain this verse (17 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain They shall cast them into most vile and filthy…

They shall cast them into most vile and filthy places, when they perceive that they are not able to help them.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 2:20 In that day a man shall cast…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Into the meanest and darkest places, in which moles…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Shall cast - Into the meanest and darkest places,…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 20. See Clarke on Isa 2:19. Ver. 20.…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Isa 2:20. In that day a man shall cast…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain In that day - That is, in the time…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Bats. The Egyptians adored all sorts of animals. (Herodotus…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain moles--Others translate "mice." The sense is, under ground, in…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 20. In that day — The day of his…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 20. An expansion of the thought of Isa_2:18. The…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (20) A man shall cast his idols of silver…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain In that day a man shall cast, etc, When…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain In that day a man shall cut his idols…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 2:20-21 Animals such as rodents and bats lead a…

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