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href="/bsb/isaiah/31.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/31.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />For in that day every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold your sinful hands have made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/31.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I know the glorious day will come when each of you will throw away the gold idols and silver images your sinful hands have made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/31.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/31.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/31.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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 <i>for</i> a sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/31.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For in that day every man shall throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold—sin, which your own hands have made for yourselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/31.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For on that day every person will reject his silver idols and his gold idols, which your hands have made for you as a sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/31.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For in that day every man will cast away his silver idols and his gold idols, which your sinful hands have made for you as a sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/31.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For in that day every man will cast away his silver idols and his gold idols, which your hands have made as a sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/31.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For in that day every man will reject his silver idols and his gold idols, which your hands have made for you as a sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/31.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For in that day every man will reject <i>and</i> throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold [in disgust], which your own hands have sinfully made for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/31.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For on that day, every one of you will reject the worthless idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/31.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For on that day, every one of you will reject the silver and gold idols that your own hands have sinfully made. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/31.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/31.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The time is coming when you will throw away your idols of silver and gold, made by your sinful hands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/31.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/31.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When that day comes, all of you will reject the silver and gold idols that your sinful hands have made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/31.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />A time is coming when all of you will throw away the sinful idols you made out of silver and gold. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/31.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For at that time, everyone will throw away their idols of silver and their idols of gold that your hands have sinfully made for yourselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/31.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/31.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For at that time everyone will get rid of the silver and gold idols your hands sinfully made. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/31.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/31.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/31.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/31.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For in that day each despises His idols of silver, and his idols of gold, "" That your hands made to you—a sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/31.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For in that day despise doth each His idols of silver, and his idols of gold, That your hands made to you -- a sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/31.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For in that day they shall reject a man the vanities of his silver, and the vanities of his gold which your hands made for you to sin.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/31.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For in that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you to sin. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/31.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For in that day, a man will cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you unto sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/31.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />On that day each one of you shall reject his idols of silver and gold, which your hands have made. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/31.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For on that day all of you shall throw away your idols of silver and idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/31.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For in that day every man shall despise the idols of gold and the idols of silver which your own hands have made for yourselves for a sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/31.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because in that day men shall cast away the idols of silver and of gold, the sin that your hands made for you<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/31.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/31.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For in that day men shall renounce their silver idols and <i>their</i> golden idols, which their hands made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/31-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=6622" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/31.htm">Woe to Those Who Rely on Egypt</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">on that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day,</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">every one</a> <a href="/hebrew/3988.htm" title="3988: yim·’ā·sūn (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp:: Pn) -- To spurn, to disappear. A primitive root; to spurn; also to disappear.">of you will reject</a> <a href="/hebrew/457.htm" title="457: ’ĕ·lî·lê (N-mpc) -- Insufficiency, worthlessness. Apparently from 'al; good for nothing, by anal. Vain or vanity; specifically an idol.">the idols</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: ḵas·pōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">of silver</a> <a href="/hebrew/457.htm" title="457: we·’ĕ·lî·lê (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- Insufficiency, worthlessness. Apparently from 'al; good for nothing, by anal. Vain or vanity; specifically an idol."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2091.htm" title="2091: zə·hā·ḇōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Gold. From an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky.">and gold</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">your own</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yə·ḏê·ḵem (N-fdc:: 2mp) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/2399.htm" title="2399: ḥêṭ (N-ms) -- A sin. From chata'; a crime or its penalty.">have sinfully</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">made.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-4</a></span><br />You shall have no other gods before Me. / You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Deuteronomy 31:29</a></span><br />For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">2 Kings 17:16</a></span><br />They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-33.htm">2 Chronicles 34:33</a></span><br />And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Psalm 115:4-8</a></span><br />Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/135-15.htm">Psalm 135:15-18</a></span><br />The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-20.htm">Isaiah 2:20</a></span><br />In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-22.htm">Isaiah 30:22</a></span><br />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!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Jeremiah 10:3-5</a></span><br />For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. / They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. / Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-6.htm">Ezekiel 14:6</a></span><br />Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/14-3.htm">Hosea 14:3</a></span><br />Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/5-13.htm">Micah 5:13</a></span><br />I will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-4.htm">Zephaniah 1:4</a></span><br />“I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/19-18.htm">Acts 19:18-19</a></span><br />Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds. / And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-23.htm">Romans 1:23</a></span><br />and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For 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.</p><p class="hdg">in that</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-20.htm">Isaiah 2:20</a></b></br> In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made <i>each one</i> for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-22.htm">Isaiah 30:22</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/7-25.htm">Deuteronomy 7:25</a></b></br> The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold <i>that is</i> on them, nor take <i>it</i> unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it <i>is</i> an abomination to the LORD thy God.</p><p class="hdg">his idols of gold.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-30</a></b></br> Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves <i>of</i> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/8-11.htm">Hosea 8:11</a></b></br> Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/30-22.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-12.htm">Despise</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-22.htm">Gold</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-23.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-3.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-22.htm">Images</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-12.htm">Reject</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-22.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-13.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Sinful</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-2.htm">Themselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/34-3.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm">Despise</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-2.htm">Gold</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-15.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-22.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-29.htm">Images</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-26.htm">Reject</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-2.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-24.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-17.htm">Sinful</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-14.htm">Themselves</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 31</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm">The prophet shows the folly and danger of trusting Egypt, and forsaking God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/31-6.htm">He exhorts to conversion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm">He shows the fall of Assyria</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/31.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/31.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For on that day</b><br>This phrase refers to a specific time of divine intervention and judgment. In the prophetic literature, "that day" often signifies a moment when God acts decisively in history. It is a time of reckoning and fulfillment of God's promises. This concept is echoed in other prophetic books such as <a href="/joel/2-31.htm">Joel 2:31</a> and <a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Zephaniah 1:14</a>, where "the day of the Lord" is a central theme. It underscores the urgency and certainty of God's future actions.<p><b>every one of you</b><br>This indicates a comprehensive and personal call to repentance. The phrase suggests that the message is not just for a select few but for the entire community. It emphasizes individual responsibility within the collective, a theme prevalent throughout the Old Testament, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19</a>, where each person is called to choose life and obedience to God.<p><b>will reject the idols of silver and gold</b><br>Idolatry was a persistent issue for Israel, often leading them away from God. The rejection of idols signifies a return to true worship and allegiance to Yahweh. Silver and gold idols were common in the ancient Near East, representing wealth and human craftsmanship. This rejection is a fulfillment of the first and second commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-4</a>) and is a call to spiritual purity and faithfulness.<p><b>that your own hands have sinfully made</b><br>This phrase highlights human culpability in idolatry. The idols are not just cultural artifacts but are the result of deliberate sinful actions. It reflects the biblical theme of human rebellion against God, as seen in <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a>, where humanity exchanges the glory of God for images. The emphasis on "your own hands" underscores personal responsibility and the futility of trusting in man-made objects rather than the Creator.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book. He prophesied during a time of great political turmoil and spiritual decline in Israel and Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was often tempted to rely on foreign alliances and idolatry instead of trusting in God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/idols_of_silver_and_gold.htm">Idols of Silver and Gold</a></b><br>Representations of false gods that the people of Judah crafted and worshiped, contrary to God's commandments.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_day_of_the_lord.htm">The Day of the Lord</a></b><br>A prophetic term often used to describe a future time of divine intervention, judgment, and restoration.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/sinful_hands.htm">Sinful Hands</a></b><br>Symbolic of human actions and efforts that are contrary to God's will, emphasizing the personal responsibility in the creation and worship of idols.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_idolatry.htm">The Futility of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is ultimately futile and self-destructive. It represents a misplaced trust in created things rather than the Creator.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_rejection.htm">Repentance and Rejection</a></b><br>True repentance involves a decisive rejection of idols, both physical and metaphorical, in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Trusting in God’s sovereignty means rejecting reliance on human-made solutions and idols.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_renewal.htm">Spiritual Renewal</a></b><br>The rejection of idols is a step towards spiritual renewal and a deeper relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_responsibility.htm">Personal Responsibility</a></b><br>Each individual is responsible for identifying and rejecting the idols in their own life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_31.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 31</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_worship_silent,_immobile_idols.htm">Why worship idols that cannot speak or move?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_idols_and_demons_share.htm">What do idols and demons share in common?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_86_8_conflict_with_monotheism.htm">Psalm 86:8 - Does acknowledging the existence of 'other gods' conflict with the Bible's insistence on strict monotheism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_habakkuk's_view_on_idols_compare.htm">(Habakkuk 2:18-19) How does the critique of idols align with accounts elsewhere that depict different perspectives or tolerances toward idol worship?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/31.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">In that day every man shall cast away . . .</span>--The act is the same as that of <a href="/isaiah/2-20.htm" title="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;">Isaiah 2:20</a>, but with a marked difference of motive: there it springs from the terror of despair, here from the repentance which is the ground of hope.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/31.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For in that day every man shall cast away his idols.</span> "In that day" - the day of Assyria's discomfiture - shall the vanity of idols be seen and recognized. They have not helped Assyria. How should they help Judah (comp. <a href="/isaiah/30-22.htm">Isaiah 30:22</a>)? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/31-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֚י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַה֔וּא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">every one</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֚ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of you will reject</span><br /><span class="heb">יִמְאָס֗וּן</span> <span class="translit">(yim·’ā·sūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3988.htm">Strong's 3988: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spurn, to disappear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the idols</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלִילֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lî·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_457.htm">Strong's 457: </a> </span><span class="str2">Good for, nothing, by anal, vain, vanity, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of silver</span><br /><span class="heb">כַסְפּ֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ḵas·pōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> </span><span class="str2">Silver, money</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and gold</span><br /><span class="heb">זְהָב֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(zə·hā·ḇōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2091.htm">Strong's 2091: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֨ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your own</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֶ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">hands</span><br /><span class="heb">יְדֵיכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḏê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have sinfully</span><br /><span class="heb">חֵֽטְא׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥêṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2399.htm">Strong's 2399: </a> </span><span class="str2">A crime, its penalty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">made.</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשׂ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/31-7.htm">Isaiah 31:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/31-7.htm">Isaiah 31:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/31-7.htm">Isaiah 31:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/31-7.htm">Isaiah 31:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/31-7.htm">Isaiah 31:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/31-7.htm">Isaiah 31:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/31-7.htm">Isaiah 31:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/31-7.htm">Isaiah 31:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/31-7.htm">Isaiah 31:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/31-7.htm">Isaiah 31:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/31-7.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 31:7 For in that day everyone shall cast (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/31-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 31:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 31:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 31:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 31:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>