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Isaiah 2

Isa. 2:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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In that day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
a man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
shall cast
shalak (Hebrew #7993)
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
Pronounce: shaw-lak
Origin: a primitive root
φhis idols
'eliyl (Hebrew #457)
good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
KJV usage: idol, no value, thing of nought.
Pronounce: el-eel'
Origin: apparently from 408
of silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
, and his idols
'eliyl (Hebrew #457)
good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
KJV usage: idol, no value, thing of nought.
Pronounce: el-eel'
Origin: apparently from 408
of gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
, which they made ψeach one for himself
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
to worship
shachah (Hebrew #7812)
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
KJV usage: bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
Pronounce: shaw-khaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, to the moles
perah (Hebrew #6512)
a hole (as broken, i.e. dug)
KJV usage: + mole. Compare 2661.
Pronounce: pay-raw'
Origin: from 6331
chaphor (Hebrew #2661)
a hole; only in connection with 6512, which ought rather to be joined as one word, thus chapharperah {khaf-ar- pay-raw'}; by reduplication from 2658; a burrower, i.e. probably a rat
KJV usage: + mole.
Pronounce: khaf-ore'
Origin: from 2658
and to the bats
`atalleph (Hebrew #5847)
a bat
KJV usage: bat.
Pronounce: at-al-lafe'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
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the idols of his silver.
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or, for him.

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Cross References

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Isa. 30:22• 22Ye 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. (Isa. 30:22)
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Isa. 31:7• 7For 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. (Isa. 31:7)
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Isa. 46:1• 1Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. (Isa. 46:1)
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Hos. 14:8• 8Ephraim 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. (Hos. 14:8)
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Phil. 3:7‑8• 7But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
 8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, (Phil. 3:7‑8)
his idols of silver.
Heb. the idols of his silver, etc.
Isa. 46:6• 6They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship. (Isa. 46:6)
each one for himself to.
or, for him to.

J. N. Darby Translation

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In that day mend shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made each for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

JND Translation Notes

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The Adam, "mankind," as ch. 6.12, "men."