Isaiah 31:7

Modern

For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.

Traditional

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.

Literal

…for in that day, a man will reject the idols of his silver and the idols of his gold, which your own hands have made for you as sin.

Latin

In die enim illa abjiciet vir idola argenti sui, et idola auri sui, quæ fecerunt vobis manus vestræ in peccatum.

Hebrew

English

For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.

This prophecy concerned God’s protection of Jerusalem and its rescue from the Assyrians.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 30:22
So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
Isaiah 2:20
In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.
Ezekiel 36:25
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
Hosea 14:8
O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
Deuteronomy 7:25
You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
1 Kings 12:28–30
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
Hosea 8:11
Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.