Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 31:7
For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you [for] a sin.
7. Comp. Isa 30:22, Isa 17:8, Isa 2:8 and esp. Isa 2:20.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
For in that day – That is, in the invasion of Sennacherib, and the events that shalt be consequent thereon.
Every man shall cast away his idols – (see the note at Isa 30:22; compare the note at Isa 2:20).
For a sin – Or rather, the sin which your own hands have made. The sense is, that the making of those idols had been a sin, or sin itself. It had been the sin, by way of eminence, which was chargeable upon them.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 7. Which your own hands have made unto you for a sin – “The sin, which their own hands have made.”] The construction of the word chet, sin, in this place is not easy. The Septuagint have omitted it: MSS. Pachom. and I. D. II. and Cod. Marchal. in margine, supply the omission by the word , sin, or , said to be from Aquila’s Version, which I have followed. The learned Professor Schroeder, Institut. Ling. Heb. p. 298, makes it to be in regimine with yedeychem, as an epithet, your sinful hands. The Septuagint render the pronoun in the third person, , their hands; and an ancient MS. has, agreeable to that rendering, lahem, to them, for lachem, to you; which word they have likewise omitted, as not necessary to complete the sense.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
For when the Assyrian shall invade your land, you shall find the vanity of those idols to which you have trusted; and therefore shall cast them away with indignation, and be forced to seek to me for help. So this is added as an argument to persuade them to practise his counsel of turning to God. Which your own hands have made unto you for a sin; which you have made as instruments of your sin of idolatry. Or, which your sinful hands (by a common Hebraism, called hands of sin) have made for you. Or, the sin (as an idol is called, Deu 9:21) which your hands have made for you. So there is only a transposition of one word, which is very usual in the Hebrew text.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
7. In the day of trial the idolswill be found to render no help and will therefore be cast away.Compare as to the future restoration and conversion of Israelsimultaneously with the interposition of Jehovah in its defense,Zec 12:9-14; Zec 13:1;Zec 13:2.
for a sinthat is,whereby especially you contracted guilt (1Ki12:30).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
For in that day,…. When deliverance shall be wrought; when men shall be convinced of the vanity and insufficiency of their idols to help them, and of their sin in worshipping them; when they shall be brought to repentance for it, and turn to the Lord as an evidence of it:
every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold; with contempt and abhorrence of them, as the word w signifies; every man “his” own idol, and even those that were of the greatest value, which were made of gold and silver:
which your own hands have made unto you [for] a sin; their idols were the work of their own hands, and were made by them in order to commit sin with, the sin of idolatry; or sin may be put for the punishment of sin, which is the issue and consequence of such practices: or it may be rendered, “which your hands of sin”, or “sinful hands, have made” x; it was a sin to make such idols, especially with a view to worship them; it was a sin to worship them; and the fruit of it was deserved punishment.
w a “spernere, reprobare.” x “manus vestrae flagitiosae”, Bootius Animadv. Sacr. l. 4. c. 2. sect. 12.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The first is, that idolatry would one day be recognised in all its abomination, and put away. “For in that day they will abhor every one their silver idols and their gold idols, which your hands have made you for a sin,” i.e., to commit sin and repent, with the preponderance of the latter idea, as in Hos 8:11 (compare 1Ki 13:34). , a second accusative to , indicating the result. The prospect is the same as that held out in Isa 30:22; Isa 27:9; Isa 17:8; Isa 2:20.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
7. For in that day. He continues the subject which he began in the former verse. Yet there is this difference, that in the former verse he exhorted to repentance, but now he points out the fruits of repentance, which, we know, is the customary way of teaching in Scripture; for, since repentance is concealed within us, and has its root in the heart, it must be made known by the practical result, and by works, as “a tree shews by its fruits” (Mat 7:17) its inherent goodness; and therefore he points out repentance by works which are the fruit of it. (322)
Shall cast away the idols. When he speaks of “idols” only, it is by a figure of speech frequently employed in Scripture, in which a part is taken for the whole; for the Prophet undoubtedly intended to speak of the whole of man’s conversion, but, as it would have been tedious to enumerate all the kinds, under one of them he includes all the rest. Now, the beginning of repentance is the change of the heart; and next we must come to outward fruits, that is, to works. Above all, we must observe the object which the Prophet had in view in discoursing about repentance. It was because the Lord had promised salvation near at hand; and, that they might be capable of it, he exhorts them to repentance. Hence it ought to be observed that, when we persevere in being wicked, we resist God by our wickedness, and thus restrain his grace from assisting us; and, therefore, that the way may be open for God’s assistance, he demands that we shall repent.
He calls them The idols of his silver and the idols of his gold, because, as we have formerly seen, (323) they who sincerely repent are affected by deep grief for their sin, so that the traces of their superstitions, which are stamped with the highest dishonor of God, cannot be beheld by them without the greatest horror. On this account they abhor them, and do not dread the loss of “gold or silver,” to testify their conversion and their faith; for he who has sincerely renounced superstitions does not spare any expense in order to possess the pure worship of God. This is what the Prophet intended to express by calling them “gold and silver” rather than wood and stone. However excellent anything may be, the loss of it is a happy event when we are cleansed from such base and abominable pollutions. Those who retain them, though they profess to be Christians, shew that they are still involved in the remains of superstition; and hence it is evident that their hearts are not truly or completely reformed. In this matter we must listen to none of the excuses which we frequently hear from the lips of hypocrites, who cannot absolutely renounce idolatry, “What could I do? How could I live? I am aware that this revenue, this ‘gold,’ is detestable in the sight of God, because it arises from idolatry; but in some way or other my life must be supported.” Away with such fooleries! say I; for where the conversion of the heart is real, that which cannot be retained without insulting or dishonoring God is instantly thrown away.
Which your own hands have made. The Prophet urges them to make a more full acknowledgment of their sin; for, when men are accused, they generally throw the blame on some other person, and do not willingly allow it to fall on themselves, or acknowledge that it is chargeable upon them; in like manner as the common people willingly accuse the priests, but no man is willing to acknowledge his own guilt. The Prophet therefore bids them look to “their own hands,” that they may know that they have committed so great a crime. He reminds them, at the same time, how grossly they have been deceived by their unbelief in making gods to themselves; and hence we ought to conclude that God rejects everything that is of our contrivance, and that he cannot accept as good that worship which has originated with ourselves.
I consider חאט, ( chēt,) sin, to be a noun; (324) as if he had said, “Whenever you behold idols, behold your guilt; acknowledge the proofs of your treachery and revolt; and if you are truly converted to God, shew it practically, that is, by throwing away idols and bidding adieu to superstitions; for this is the true fruit of conversion.”
(322) Bogus footnote
(323) Bogus footnote
(324) Bogus footnote
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(7) In that day every man shall cast away . . .The act is the same as that of Isa. 2:20, but with a marked difference of motive: there it springs from the terror of despair, here from the repentance which is the ground of hope.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
7, 8. In that day The day of the surrender of idolatry. Idols of silver
of gold By such means idolatry was raised to precious attractiveness.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Isa 31:7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you [for] a sin.
Ver. 7. For in that day, ] scil., Of your effectual conversion; Isa 30:22 or, when the Assyrian shall assault you, then you shall see the vanity of your idols, and of all human helps. Isa 2:20 ; Isa 2:22
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
every man. Hebrew. ‘Ish. App-14.
idols = nothings.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
in that: Isa 2:20, Isa 30:22, Deu 7:25, Eze 36:25, Hos 14:8
his idols of gold: Heb. the idols of his gold
for a sin: 1Ki 12:28-30, Hos 8:11
Reciprocal: Deu 9:21 – I took 2Ki 7:15 – had cast away Isa 1:29 – ashamed Isa 17:8 – the work Eze 20:7 – Cast Amo 4:3 – them into the palace
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
31:7 For in that day every man shall {g} cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made to you [for] a sin.
(g) By these fruits your repentance will be known, as in Isa 2:20 .
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
"In that day" points to the eschatological revival of Israel (cf. Isa 2:20). The Judahites of Isaiah’s day needed to return to the Lord, because in the future, Israel as a whole would do so. The time for decisive action was now.