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

6Lord, you have gone away from your people. They are Jacob's descendants. They are full of ideas from countries in the east. They use magic to learn about future times, as the Philistines do. They join hands with foreign people. 7They are very rich and their land is full of silver and gold. They have many horses, and more chariots than you can count. But their land is also full of useless idols. They worship things that they have made with their own hands. 9People bend down low in front of their idols. They even lie flat on the ground! Lord, do not forgive them! 10Go up to the rocks in the hills! Find a hole in the ground where you can hide! Hide from the Lord's great power, because he is coming to punish you! He rules with great authority!

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 57:5You worship your idols among the big trees, and you have sex at the same time. You kill your children as sacrifices to your false gods. You do that beside streams and in caves among the rocks.
• 2 Chronicles 27:2Jotham did things that the Lord said were good, as his father Uzziah had done. But he did not try to go into the Lord's temple and offer incense, as his father had done. But the people continued to do bad things.
• 2 Chronicles 28:2He lived in the same bad way that the kings of Israel did. He also used metal to make images of the god Baal.
• 2 Chronicles 33:3Manasseh built again the altars on the hills that his father Hezekiah had knocked down. He built altars for people to worship idols of Baal. He also made Asherah poles. He bent down low to worship all the stars in the sky.
• Jeremiah 2:28But where are the gods that you made for yourselves? Ask them to save you when trouble comes! You have enough gods to give you help. Yes, people of Judah, your gods are as many as your towns!
• Jeremiah 11:13You people of Judah have as many gods as you have towns! You have built many altars to offer sacrifices to that disgusting god, Baal. You have built as many of those altars as there are streets in Jerusalem!”
• Ezekiel 16:23Terrible trouble will come to you! That is what the Almighty Lord says. You did even more wicked things than these.
• Hosea 12:11The people in Gilead do wicked things. They will become as useless as their idols. At Gilgal, the people offer bulls as sacrifices on their altars. Those altars will be like heaps of stones in a farmer's field.’
• Acts 17:16While Paul was waiting in Athens for Silas and Timothy, he walked around. He saw that the people in the city had many idols. When Paul saw this, he became very upset.
• Isaiah 37:19They threw the gods of these nations into the fire. Those idols are not really gods. People used wood and stone to make them. So the Assyrians could destroy them.
• Isaiah 44:15He uses some of the wood to burn. He makes himself warm beside the fire. He may light a fire and then he may bake bread on it. Then he uses some of the wood to make a god that he will worship! Yes, he makes an idol, and he bends down in front of it.
• Deuteronomy 4:28Among those nations, you will worship gods that men have made from wood and stone. Those gods cannot see or hear or eat or smell anything.
• Psalms 115:4Those people's idols are made from silver and gold. Yes, human hands make them!
• Hosea 8:6That idol is not a true god! An Israelite worker with special skills made it. Samaria's idol of a calf will break into pieces!
• Hosea 13:2Now the Israelites continue to do more and more sins. They use metal to make idols for themselves. They use clever skills to make idols from silver. All their idols are only things that people have made themselves. People offer sacrifices to the image of a calf. They say, ‘Kiss the calf!’
• Hosea 14:3Assyria cannot save us. The horses that we ride into war will not keep us safe. We will never again say to the idols that we have made, “You are our gods.” You are kind to children who have no family. So please be kind to us.’

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

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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