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Selected Verse: Isaiah 30:22 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Isa 30:22 |
Strong Concordance |
Ye shall defile [02930] also the covering [06826] of thy graven images [06456] of silver [03701], and the ornament [0642] of thy molten images [04541] of gold [02091]: thou shalt cast them away [02219] as a menstruous cloth [01739]; thou shalt say [0559] unto it, Get thee hence [03318]. |
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King James |
Ye 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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| covering of . . . images--rather, "images" (formed of wood or potter's clay, and) "covered with silver." Hezekiah, and afterwards Josiah, defiled them (Kg2 23:8, Kg2 23:10, Kg2 23:14, Kg2 23:16; Ch2 31:1; compare Isa 2:20; Deu 7:25). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Ye shall defile also - That is, you shall regard them as polluted and abominable. This is language which is often used respecting their treatment of the images and altars of idolatry when they became objects of abomination, and when they were induced to abandon them (see Kg2 23:8, Kg2 23:10, Kg2 23:16). It is not improbable that before destroying them they would express their abhorrence of them by some act of polluting or defiling them, as significant of their contempt for the objects of degraded idolatry (see the note at Isa 2:20). The sense of the whole passage is, that the effect of the judgments which God was about to bring upon the nation would be, to turn them from idolatry, to which as a nation they had been signally prone.
The covering - The images of idols were usually made of wood or clay, and overlaid with gold. That gold and silver were used "to plate" them is apparent from Deu 7:25; and the whole process of making them from wood, and then of overlaying them with plates of gold and silver is described with graphic power and severity of irony in Isa 40:19-20; Isa 41:6-7.
Thy graven images of silver - Margin, 'The graven images of thy silver.' Probably the construction in the text is correct, as meaning that the images were not made of entire silver, but of wood or clay, plated with silver.
And the ornament - The golden plates or the covering of the images.
Thy molten images - The word 'molten' refers to those which were made by "casting" (see the notes at Isa 40:19-20).
Thou shalt cast them away - (see the note at Isa 2:20). This would be in accordance with the express direction of Moses; Deu 7:25 : 'The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire; thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein, for it is an abomination unto the Lord thy God.' |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Defile - To shew your contempt of it. Covering - The leaves or plates wherewith their images were frequently covered. Ornament - It was a costly and glorious robe. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Ye shall defile "Ye shall treat as defiled" - The very prohibition of Moses, Deu 7:25, only thrown out of the prose into the poetical form: "The graven images of their gods ye shall burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or the gold that is on them; nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God." |
25 The graven images [06456] of their gods [0430] shall ye burn [08313] with fire [0784]: thou shalt not desire [02530] the silver [03701] or gold [02091] that is on them, nor take [03947] it unto thee, lest thou be snared [03369] therein: for it is an abomination [08441] to the LORD [03068] thy God [0430].
20 In that day [03117] a man [0120] shall cast [07993] his idols [0457] of silver [03701], and his idols [0457] of gold [02091], which they made each one for himself [06213] to worship [07812], to the moles [02661] [06512] and to the bats [05847];
1 Now when all this was finished [03615], all Israel [03478] that were present [04672] went out [03318] to the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and brake [07665] the images [04676] in pieces [07665], and cut down [01438] the groves [0842], and threw down [05422] the high places [01116] and the altars [04196] out of all Judah [03063] and Benjamin [01144], in Ephraim [0669] also and Manasseh [04519], until they had utterly destroyed [03615] them all. Then all the children [01121] of Israel [03478] returned [07725], every man [0376] to his possession [0272], into their own cities [05892].
16 And as Josiah [02977] turned [06437] himself, he spied [07200] the sepulchres [06913] that were there in the mount [02022], and sent [07971], and took [03947] the bones [06106] out of the sepulchres [06913], and burned [08313] them upon the altar [04196], and polluted [02930] it, according to the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] which the man [0376] of God [0430] proclaimed [07121], who proclaimed [07121] these words [01697].
14 And he brake in pieces [07665] the images [04676], and cut down [03772] the groves [0842], and filled [04390] their places [04725] with the bones [06106] of men [0120].
10 And he defiled [02930] Topheth [08612], which is in the valley [01516] of the children [01121] [01121] of Hinnom [02011], that no man [0376] might make his son [01121] or his daughter [01323] to pass through [05674] the fire [0784] to Molech [04432].
8 And he brought [0935] all the priests [03548] out of the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and defiled [02930] the high places [01116] where the priests [03548] had burned incense [06999], from Geba [01387] to Beersheba [0884], and brake down [05422] the high places [01116] of the gates [08179] that were in the entering in [06607] of the gate [08179] of Joshua [03091] the governor [08269] of the city [05892], which were on a man's [0376] left hand [08040] at the gate [08179] of the city [05892].
25 The graven images [06456] of their gods [0430] shall ye burn [08313] with fire [0784]: thou shalt not desire [02530] the silver [03701] or gold [02091] that is on them, nor take [03947] it unto thee, lest thou be snared [03369] therein: for it is an abomination [08441] to the LORD [03068] thy God [0430].
20 In that day [03117] a man [0120] shall cast [07993] his idols [0457] of silver [03701], and his idols [0457] of gold [02091], which they made each one for himself [06213] to worship [07812], to the moles [02661] [06512] and to the bats [05847];
19 The workman [02796] melteth [05258] a graven image [06459], and the goldsmith [06884] spreadeth [07554] it over with gold [02091], and casteth [06884] silver [03701] chains [07577].
20 He that is so impoverished [05533] [05534] that he hath no oblation [08641] chooseth [0977] a tree [06086] that will not rot [07537]; he seeketh [01245] unto him a cunning [02450] workman [02796] to prepare [03559] a graven image [06459], that shall not be moved [04131].
6 They helped [05826] every one [0376] his neighbour [07453]; and every one said [0559] to his brother [0251], Be of good courage [02388].
7 So the carpenter [02796] encouraged [02388] the goldsmith [06884], and he that smootheth [02505] with the hammer [06360] him that smote [01986] the anvil [06471], saying [0559], It is ready [02896] for the sodering [01694]: and he fastened [02388] it with nails [04548], that it should not be moved [04131].
19 The workman [02796] melteth [05258] a graven image [06459], and the goldsmith [06884] spreadeth [07554] it over with gold [02091], and casteth [06884] silver [03701] chains [07577].
20 He that is so impoverished [05533] [05534] that he hath no oblation [08641] chooseth [0977] a tree [06086] that will not rot [07537]; he seeketh [01245] unto him a cunning [02450] workman [02796] to prepare [03559] a graven image [06459], that shall not be moved [04131].
25 The graven images [06456] of their gods [0430] shall ye burn [08313] with fire [0784]: thou shalt not desire [02530] the silver [03701] or gold [02091] that is on them, nor take [03947] it unto thee, lest thou be snared [03369] therein: for it is an abomination [08441] to the LORD [03068] thy God [0430].
20 In that day [03117] a man [0120] shall cast [07993] his idols [0457] of silver [03701], and his idols [0457] of gold [02091], which they made each one for himself [06213] to worship [07812], to the moles [02661] [06512] and to the bats [05847];
16 And as Josiah [02977] turned [06437] himself, he spied [07200] the sepulchres [06913] that were there in the mount [02022], and sent [07971], and took [03947] the bones [06106] out of the sepulchres [06913], and burned [08313] them upon the altar [04196], and polluted [02930] it, according to the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] which the man [0376] of God [0430] proclaimed [07121], who proclaimed [07121] these words [01697].
10 And he defiled [02930] Topheth [08612], which is in the valley [01516] of the children [01121] [01121] of Hinnom [02011], that no man [0376] might make his son [01121] or his daughter [01323] to pass through [05674] the fire [0784] to Molech [04432].
8 And he brought [0935] all the priests [03548] out of the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and defiled [02930] the high places [01116] where the priests [03548] had burned incense [06999], from Geba [01387] to Beersheba [0884], and brake down [05422] the high places [01116] of the gates [08179] that were in the entering in [06607] of the gate [08179] of Joshua [03091] the governor [08269] of the city [05892], which were on a man's [0376] left hand [08040] at the gate [08179] of the city [05892].
25 The graven images [06456] of their gods [0430] shall ye burn [08313] with fire [0784]: thou shalt not desire [02530] the silver [03701] or gold [02091] that is on them, nor take [03947] it unto thee, lest thou be snared [03369] therein: for it is an abomination [08441] to the LORD [03068] thy God [0430].