Isaiah 2:8

Isaiah 2:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
• New International Version (NIV)Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Their land is also full of idols; They worship the work of their own hands, That which their own fingers have made.

Context of Isaiah 2:8

6For you have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of divination from the East and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines. They are in league with foreigners. 7Their land is full of silver and gold, and there is no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, and there is no limit to their chariots. Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the work of their hands, what their fingers have made. 9So humanity is brought low, and each person is humbled. Do not forgive them! 10Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the Lord and from his majestic splendor.

Isaiah 2:8 word by word

וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א אַרְצ֖וֹ אֱלִילִ֑ים לְמַעֲשֵׂ֤ה יָדָיו֙ יִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֔וּ לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשׂ֖וּ אֶצְבְּעֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Their landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• also is fullמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• of idolsאֱלִיל'ĕlîyl · idolH457
• they worshipשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812
• the workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• of their own handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• that which their own fingersאֶצְבַּע'etsba‛ · fingerH676
• have madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213

Cross-references for Isaiah 2:8

• Isaiah 57:5who burn with lust among the oaks, under every green tree, who slaughter children in the wadis below the clefts of the rocks?
• 2 Chronicles 27:2He did what was right in the Lord’s sight just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he didn’t enter the Lord’s sanctuary, but the people still behaved corruptly.
• 2 Chronicles 28:2for he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and made cast images of the Baals.
• 2 Chronicles 33:3He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down and reestablished the altars for the Baals. He made Asherah poles, and he bowed in worship to all the stars in the sky and served them.
• Jeremiah 2:28But where are your gods you made for yourself? Let them rise up and save you in your time of disaster if they can, for your gods are as numerous as your cities, Judah.
• Jeremiah 11:13Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, Judah, and the altars you have set up to Shame — altars to burn incense to Baal — as numerous as the streets of Jerusalem.
• Ezekiel 16:23“‘Then after all your evil — Woe, woe to you! — the declaration of the Lord God —
• Hosea 12:11Since Gilead is full of evil, they will certainly come to nothing. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; even their altars will be like piles of rocks on the furrows of a field.
• Acts 17:16While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply distressed when he saw that the city was full of idols.
• Isaiah 37:19They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but made from wood and stone by human hands. So they have destroyed them.
• Isaiah 44:15A person can use it for fuel. He takes some of it and warms himself; also he kindles a fire and bakes bread; he even makes it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol from it and bows down to it.
• Deuteronomy 4:28There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.
• Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.
• Hosea 8:6For this thing is from Israel — a craftsman made it, and it is not God. The calf of Samaria will be smashed to bits!
• Hosea 13:2Now they continue to sin and make themselves a cast image, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say about them, “Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves.”
• Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us, we will not ride on horses, and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods! ’ to the work of our hands. For the fatherless receives compassion in you.”

Commentaries on Isaiah 2:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Their land also is full of idols "And his land is filled with idols" - Uzziah and Fotham are both said, 2 Kings 15:3, 2 Kings 15:4, 2 Kings 15:34, 2 Kings 15:35, "to have done that which was right in the sight of the Lord;" that is, to have adhered to and maintained the legal worship of God, in opposition to idolatry and all irregular worship; for to this sense the meaning of that phrase is commonly to be restrained; "save that the high places were not…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Their land also is full of idols - compare Hosea 8:4; Hosea 10:1. Vitringa supposes that Isaiah here refers to idols that were kept in private houses, as Uzziah and Jotham were worshippers of the true God, and in their reign idolatry was not publicly practiced. It is certain, however, that though Uzziah himself did right, and was disposed to worship the true God, yet he did not effectually remove idolatry from the land. The high places were not removed…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8Isaiah listed the things people used as substitutes for the true God. These included material wealth and security, such as silver and treasures. They also included military strength, such as warhorses and chariots. People also trusted in idols, which were objects they loved and valued. This kind of wealth and military power marked the reign of King Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:6–21). However, Isaiah showed that trusting these things was wrong. In other places…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. (Ho 8:4). Not so much public idolatry, which was not sanctioned in Uzziah's and Jotham's reign, but (see 2Ki 15:4, 35) as private.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 2:8

• Idolatry
• Isaiah

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Commentaries on Isaiah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings