Isaiah 2:7

Isaiah 2:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:
• New International Version (NIV)Their land is full of silver and gold; there is no end to their treasures. Their land is full of horses; there is no end to their chariots.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Their land is also full of silver and gold, And there is no end to their treasures; Their land is also full of horses, And there is no end to their chariots.

Context of Isaiah 2:7

5O descendants of Jacob, come, let us walk in the Lord’s guiding light. 6Indeed, O Lord, you have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob. For diviners from the east are everywhere; they consult omen readers like the Philistines do. Plenty of foreigners are around. Their land is full of gold and silver; there is no end to their wealth. Their land is full of horses; there is no end to their chariots. 8Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the product of their own hands, what their own fingers have fashioned. 9Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship. Don’t spare them!

Isaiah 2:7 word by word

וַתִּמָּלֵ֤א אַרְצוֹ֙ כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֔ב וְאֵ֥ין קֵ֖צֶה לְאֹצְרֹתָ֑יו וַתִּמָּלֵ֤א אַרְצוֹ֙ סוּסִ֔ים וְאֵ֥ין קֵ֖צֶה לְמַרְכְּבֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Their landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• also is fullמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• of silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• and goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• endקֵ֫צֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
• of their treasuresאוֹצָר'ôtsâr · treasureH214
• of horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
• of their chariotsמֶרְכָּבָהmerkâbâh · chariotH4818

Cross-references for Isaiah 2:7

• Deuteronomy 17:16Moreover, he must not accumulate horses for himself or allow the people to return to Egypt to do so, for the Lord has said you must never again return that way.
• 1 Kings 10:21All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.
• 2 Chronicles 9:20All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.
• Jeremiah 5:27Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.
• James 5:1Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.
• Revelation 18:3For all the nations have fallen from the wine of her immoral passion, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have gotten rich from the power of her sensual behavior.”
• Isaiah 30:16You say, ‘No, we will flee on horses,’ so you will indeed flee. You say, ‘We will ride on fast horses,’ so your pursuers will be fast.
• Isaiah 31:1Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt’s many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the Lord.
• 1 Kings 4:26Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
• 1 Kings 10:26Solomon accumulated chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.
• Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we depend on the Lord our God.
• Hosea 14:3Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride warhorses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made. For only you will show compassion to Orphan Israel!”

Commentaries on Isaiah 2:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Their land is also full of horses "And his land is filled with horses" - This was in direct contradiction to God's command in the law: "But he (the king) shall not multiply horses to himself; nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold," Deuteronomy 17:16, Deuteronomy 17:17. Uzziah seems to have followed the example of Solomon, see 1 Kings 10:26-29, who…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Their land also is full of silver and gold - This “gold” was brought chiefly from Ophir. Solomon imported vast quantities of silver and gold from foreign places; 2 Chronicles 8:18; 2 Chronicles 9:10; 1 Chronicles 29:4; compare Job 28:16; 1 Kings 10:21, 1 Kings 10:27; 2 Chronicles 9:20. And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones.‘ It was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.‘ From these expressions we see the force of the language of…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. 77. gold--forbidden to be heaped together (De 17:17). Solomon disobeyed (1Ki 10:21, 27). horses ... chariots--forbidden (De 17:16). But Solomon disobeyed (1Ki 20:26). Horses could be used effectively for war in the plains of Egypt; not so in the hilly Judea. God designed there should be as wide as possible a distinction between Israel and the Egyptians. He would have His people wholly dependent on Him, rather than on the ordinary means of warfare (Psa…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 2:7

• Horse
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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