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 filled with influences from the east, And they are soothsayers like the Philistines, And they strike bargains with the children of foreigners. 7Their land has also been filled with silver and gold And there is no end to their treasures; Their land has also been filled with horses And there is no end to their chariots. Their land has also been filled with idols; They worship the work of their hands, That which their fingers have made. 9So the common man has been humbled And the man of importance has been abased, But do not forgive them. 10Enter the rock and hide in the dust From the terror of the Lord and from the splendor of His majesty.

Isaiah 2:8 word by word

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

• Their landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• filledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• with idolsאֱלִיל'ĕlîyl · idolH457
• They worshipשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812
• workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• of their handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• That whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• their fingersאֶצְבַּע'etsba‛ · fingerH676
• have madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213

Cross-references for Isaiah 2:8

• Isaiah 57:5Who inflame yourselves among the oaks, Under every luxuriant tree, Who slaughter the children in the ravines, Under the clefts of the crags?
• 2 Chronicles 27:2He did right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; however he did not enter the temple of the Lord. But the people continued acting corruptly.
• 2 Chronicles 28:2But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; he also made molten images for the Baals.
• 2 Chronicles 33:3For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he also erected altars for the Baals and made Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.
• Jeremiah 2:28But where are your gods Which you made for yourself? Let them arise, if they can save you In the time of your trouble; For according to the number of your cities Are your gods, O Judah.
• Jeremiah 11:13For your gods are as many as your cities, O Judah; and as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal.
• Ezekiel 16:23“Then it came about after all your wickedness (‘Woe, woe to you!’ declares the Lord God),
• Hosea 12:11Is there iniquity in Gilead? Surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, Yes, their altars are like the stone heaps Beside the furrows of the field.
• Acts 17:16Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols.
• Isaiah 37:19and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.
• Isaiah 44:15Then it becomes something for a man to burn, so he takes one of them and warms himself; he also makes a fire to bake bread. He also makes a god and worships it; he makes it a graven image and falls down before it.
• Deuteronomy 4:28There you will serve gods, the work of man’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
• Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, The work of man’s hands.
• Hosea 8:6For from Israel is even this! A craftsman made it, so it is not God; Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.
• Hosea 13:2And now they sin more and more, And make for themselves molten images, Idols skillfully made from their silver, All of them the work of craftsmen. They say of them, “Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!”
• Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us, We will not ride on horses; Nor will we say again, ‘Our god,’ To the work of our hands; For in You the orphan finds mercy.”

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
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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