Isaiah 2:20 KJV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 2:20

In that day - That is, in the time when God would come forth to inflict punishment. Probably the day to which the prophet refers here was the time of the captivity at Babylon.A man shall cast ... - That is, “all” who have idols, or who have been trusting in them. Valuable as they may be - made of gold and silver; and much as he may “now” rely on them or worship them, yet he shall then see their vanity, and shall cast them into dark, obscure places, or holes, where are moles and bats.To the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 2:20

Isaiah 2:20. In that day a man shall cast his idols, &c., to the moles and to the bats Shall cast them into the meanest and darkest places, in which moles and bats have their abode; whereas before they set them up in high and honourable places, where they might be seen and worshipped. Or, as Bishop Lowth thinks the meaning may be. “They shall carry their idols with them into the dark caverns, old ruins, or desolate places, to which they shall flee for refuge; and so shall give them up,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:1-22

Jerusalem as it should be and as it is (2:1-22)God’s people always looked for the day when Jerusalem would be the religious centre of the world, where people of all nations would go to be taught the ways of God. In that day there would be no more war, but contentment and prosperity (2:1-4). (A note on the new Jerusalem is included in the introduction to Chapters 40-66, where the subject of Jerusalem’s future glory is considered more fully.) Such hope for the future is all the more reason why... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 2:20

Isaiah 2:20. To the moles and to the bats— Bats and other vermin haunt old ruinated places. So Thevenot, describing the opened pyramid, tells us, there are a great many bats in it, which sometimes put out the candles that are made use of in examining that most ancient building; that a particular hole, which he describes, had a great quantity of their dung in it; and that they so swarmed there, that a Scotch gentleman who was in the company, and who seems alone to have had the courage to go down... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 2:20

20. moles—Others translate "mice." The sense is, under ground, in darkness. bats—unclean birds ( :-), living amidst tenantless ruins ( :-). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 2:5-22

The results of trusting in people 2:5-22This emphasis is a major one in Isaiah 1-39, and the prophet introduced it at this point. Many in his day-and this is still true today-preferred to trust in strong people, especially nations, rather than in the Lord.The prophet’s first exhortation 2:5In view of what the nations will do eventually, Isaiah appealed to the house of Jacob (Israel) to do the same thing immediately, namely: walk in the Lord’s light (presence and truth). Commit to following the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 2:10-21

The effect of the problem: humiliation 2:10-21Isaiah 2:10-21 are a poem on the nature and results of divine judgment. Note the repetition of key words and phrases at the beginnings and ends of the sections and subsections. This section breaks down as follows:The Lord is exalted over man and the world (Isaiah 2:10-17)The fact that the Lord is exalted and man is humbled (Isaiah 2:10-11)The demonstration that the Lord is exalted over every exalted thing (Isaiah 2:12-17)The Lord is exalted over... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 2:18-21

Even more explicit figures of speech picture Yahweh’s humiliation of the self-aggrandizing. Here the similarity of Isaiah’s description of the eschatological judgment is very close to the apostle John’s in the Book of Revelation (cf. Revelation 6:12-17). When God acts in judgment, all attempts to glorify the creation over the Creator will appear vain. Valuable idols will be cast aside to the bats and mice and consigned to the dark, unattractive places where those creatures live."Idols are... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:1-22

2-4. occur also with a few slight variations in Micah 4:1-4. The passage appears to be borrowed in Isaiah, because (a) it suits its context better in Micah, and (b) it is more complete in Micah, Micah 4:4 being a part of it. If Isaiah is quoting from Micah, the latter prophet must have spoken the words before the occasion referred to in Jeremiah 26:18. Both prophets may be quoting from some ancient and well-known prediction regarding the future of Zion.2. In the last days] RV ’in the latter... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:1-30

Isaiah’s Preaching early in the Reign of AhazIsaiah 2-4 are closely connected, and Isaiah 5 is generally thought to belong to the same period, though it probably represents discourses delivered rather later. There are two points which serve as indications of date: (a) The influx of foreign fashions, both in religion (Isaiah 2:6, Isaiah 2:8) and in common life (Isaiah 3:16-23, where the difficulty of explaining the names for the various articles of female attire from the Hebrew suggests that the... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 2:20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 2:20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:1-22

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 2:20

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 2:20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 2:5-22

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 2:10-21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 2:18-21

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:1-22

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:1-30

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