Isaiah 2 · Verse 18

Isaiah 2:18

And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
Isaiah 2:18, King James Version

Isaiah 2:18 in other translations

BSBand the idols will vanish completely.
WEBThe idols shall utterly pass away.
ASVAnd the idols shall utterly pass away.
YLTAnd the idols--they completely pass away.
DARBYand the idols shall utterly pass away.
BBEAnd the images will never be seen again.
WebsterAnd the idols he will utterly abolish.

What does Isaiah 2:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. idols--literally, "vain things," "nothings" (1Co 8:4). Fulfilled to the letter. Before the Babylonian captivity the Jews were most prone to idolatry; in no instance, ever since. For the future fulfilment, see Zec 13:2; Re 13:15; 19:20.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Shall utterly abolish "Shall disappear" - The ancient versions and an ancient MS. read יחלפו yachalpu, plural. One of my MSS. reads יחלוף yachaloph, probably a mistake for יחלפו yachalpu.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 2:10-22

The taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans seems first meant here, when idolatry among the Jews was done away; but our thoughts are led forward to the destruction of all the enemies of Christ. It is folly for those who are pursued by the wrath of God, to think to hide or shelter themselves from it. The shaking of the earth will be terrible to those who set their affections on things of the earth. Men's haughtiness…

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Isaiah 2:18 in the original Hebrew

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וְהָאֱלִילִ֖יםve.ha.'e.li.Limand the idolsH457
כָּלִ֥ילka.LilcompletelyH3632
יַחֲלֹֽף\׃ya.cha.Lofit will pass awayH2498

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Cross references for Isaiah 2:18

  • Ezekiel 37:23

    Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

  • Zechariah 13:2

    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

  • Isaiah 27:9

    By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

  • Zephaniah 1:3

    I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 36:25

    Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

  • Isaiah 21:9

    And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

  • Hosea 14:8

    Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the idols.
27:9; Eze 36:25; 37:23; Ho 14:8; Zep 1:3; Zec 13:2
he shall utterly abolish. or, shall utterly pass away.

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Context

  • Isaiah 2:17

    And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

  • Isaiah 2:18

    And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

  • Isaiah 2:19

    And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

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Isaiah 2:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y quitará totalmente los ídolos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et les idoles disparaîtront entièrement.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Götzen werden gänzlich verschwinden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et idola penitus conterentur;