Isaiah 31 · Verse 7

Isaiah 31:7

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.
Isaiah 31:7, King James Version

Isaiah 31:7 in other translations

BSBFor on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
WEBFor 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.
ASVFor in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
YLTFor in that day despise doth each His idols of silver, and his idols of gold, That your hands made to you--a sin.
DARBYfor in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your sinful hands have made unto you.
BBEFor in that day they will all give up their images of silver and of gold, the sin which they made for themselves.
WebsterFor in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made to you for a sin.

What does Isaiah 31:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. In the day of trial the idols will be found to render no help and will therefore be cast away. Compare as to the future restoration and conversion of Israel simultaneously with the interposition of Jehovah in its defense, Zec 12:9-14; 13:1, 2. for a sin--that is, whereby especially you contracted guilt (1Ki 12:30).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Which your own hands have made unto you for a sin "The sin, which their own hands have made" - The construction of the word חטא chet, sin, in this place is not easy. The Septuagint have omitted it: MSS. Pachom. and 1. D. 2 and Cod. Marchal. in margine, supply the omission by the word ἁμαρτιαν, sin, or ἁμαρτημα, said to be from Aquila's Version, which I have followed. The learned Professor Schroeder, Institut. Ling. Hebrews p. 298, makes it to be in regimine with ידיכם yedeychem, as an epithet, your sinful hands. The Septuagint render the pronoun in the third person, αἱ χειρες αυτων, their hands; and an ancient MS. has, agreeable to that rendering, להם lahem, to them, for לכם lachem, to you; which word they have likewise omitted, as not necessary to complete the sense.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 31:6-9

They have been backsliding children, yet children; let them return, and their backslidings shall be healed, though they have sunk deep into misery, and cannot easily recover. Many make an idol of their silver and gold, and by the love of that are drawn from God; but those who turn to God, will be ready to part with it. Then, when they have cast away their idols, shall the Assyrian fall by the sword of an angel, who…

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Isaiah 31:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֚יkiforH3588
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomin the dayH3117
הַה֔וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
יִמְאָס֗וּןyim.'a.Sunthey will reject !H3988
אִ֚ישׁ'isheveryoneH376
אֱלִילֵ֣י'e.li.Lei[the] idols ofH457
כַסְפּ֔וֹkhas.Posilver hisH3701
וֶאֱלִילֵ֖יve.'e.li.Leiand [the] idols ofH457
זְהָב֑וֹze.ha.Vogold hisH2091
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
עָשׂ֥וּ'a.Suthey have madeH6213
לָכֶ֛םla.Khemfor you
יְדֵיכֶ֖םye.dei.Khemhands yourH3027
חֵֽטְא\׃Chet'sinH2399

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Cross references for Isaiah 31:7

  • Isaiah 30:22

    Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

  • Isaiah 2:20

    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;

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 7:25

    The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

  • 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.

  • Hosea 8:11

    Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

  • 1 Kings 12:28-30

    Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And he set the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Dan. And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

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in that.
2:20; 30:22; De 7:25; Eze 36:25; Ho 14:8
his idols of gold. Heb. the idols of his gold. for a sin.
1Ki 12:28-30; Ho 8:11

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Context

  • Isaiah 31:6

    Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

  • Isaiah 31:7

    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.

  • Isaiah 31:8

    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.

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Isaiah 31:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque en aquel día arrojará el hombre sus ídolos de plata, y sus ídolos de oro, que para vosotros han hecho vuestras manos pecadoras.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car en ce jour-là ils rejetteront chacun ses idoles d’argent et ses idoles d’or, que vos mains iniques ont faites pour vous-mêmes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn an jenem Tage werden sie verabscheuen, ein jeder seine Götzen von Silber und seine Götzen von Gold, die eure Hände euch gemacht haben zur Sünde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In die enim illa abjiciet vir idola argenti sui, et idola auri sui, quæ fecerunt vobis manus vestræ in peccatum.