Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 2:20
Shall cast — Into the meanest and darkest places, in which moles and bats have their abode.
Shall cast — Into the meanest and darkest places, in which moles and bats have their abode.
Verse Isaiah 2:20. Isaiah 2:19. Ver. 20. Which they made each one for _HIMSELF TO WORSHIP _- "Which they have made to worship"] The word לו _lo, for himself_, is omitted by two ancient MSS., and is u...
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 ... - T...
CHAPTER 2 Zion's Future Glory and the Day of Jehovah 1. _The glories in the latter days (Isaiah 2:1)_ 2. _Exhortation to walk in the light (Isaiah 2:5)_ 3. _The corruption of the people (Isaiah 2:6)_...
THE DAY OF YAHWEH. A poem dating from Isaiah's earliest period, dealing first with the sin, then with the judgment, of Israel. The text has been badly preserved. Probably the refrain which we find in...
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 ca...
b. LOSS OF DIGNITY TEXT: Isaiah 2:10-22 10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be...
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; IN THAT DAY A MAN SHALL EAST HIS IDOLS ... T...
2:20 men (d-4) The _ Adam_ , 'mankind,' as ch. 6.12, 'men.'...
2-4. occur also with a few slight variations in Micah 4:1. 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, Mic...
CAST HIS IDOLS] in disgust at their inability to help....
The *Lord will not share his honour with any person or with any gods that mere men have manufactured....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 2 GOD’S IDEAL PLAN FOR ISRAEL V1 A special message about Jud...
A MAN SHALL CAST HIS IDOLS OF SILVER... — The picture of the earthquake is still continued. The men who have taken refuge in the caves fling away the idols, that they have found powerless to help them...
בַּ † יֹּ֤ום הַ הוּא֙ יַשְׁלִ֣יךְ הָ...
CHAPTER II THE THREE JERUSALEMS 740-735 B.C. Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 4:1 AFTER the general introduction, in chapter 1, to the prophecies of Isaiah, there comes another portion of the book, o...
AN EXHORTATION TO HUMILITY AND REVERENCE Isaiah 2:12-22; Isaiah 3:1-12 If men will not repent, they must suffer. If they will not voluntarily put away their idols and sorceries, they will be compelle...
Following this broad statement of the case between Jehovah and His people, we have the prophet's great appeal to them. The first part constitutes a vision of the latter days, that condition toward whi...
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made [each one] for himself to worship, (x) to the moles and to the bats; (x) They will cast them into vile and fil...
_Bats. The Egyptians adored all sorts of animals. (Herodotus ii. 65.) --- \'c6gyptus portenta colat. (Juvenal xv.) --- Omnigenumque Deum monstra. (Virgil, \'c6neid viii.) --- The mole was much esteeme...
This Portion of the chapter opens in a very solemn manner. Whether the prophet means the visitations of God in the day of calamity of this world; or refers to the day of judgment for another; in both...
20._In that day a man will cast away his idols _Idolaters are amazingly delighted with their own superstitions and ungodly worship; for although they abound in enormities and crimes, still they betake...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, AND 4. Thus re-established, Zion, the mountain of Jehovah, will be the centre of blessing and peace to all the nations (Isaiah 2:1-4). This puts the inv...
IN THAT DAY A MAN SHALL CAST HIS IDOLS OF SILVER, AND HIS IDOLS O[GOLD,.... Being frightened at the terrible shaking of the earth, and at the glory and majesty of Christ, which will be seen in his wit...
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made [each one] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; Ver. 20. _In that day a man shall cast his id...
_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...
THE MAJESTY OF GOD IN HIS FINAL REVELATION...
In that day, under the influence of a repentance which comes too late, A MAN SHALL CAST HIS IDOLS OF SILVER AND HIS IDOLS OF GOLD, WHICH THEY MADE EACH ONE FOR HIMSELF TO WORSHIP, TO THE MOLES AND TO...
HIS IDOLS OF SILVER: _ Heb._ the idols of his silver, etc. WHICH THEY MADE EACH ONE FOR HIMSELF: Or, which they made for him...
10-22 The taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans seems first meant here, when idolatry among the Jews was done away; but our thoughts are led forward to the destruction of all the enemies of Christ. It...
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. This great and su...
Isaiah 2:20 day H3117 man H120 away H7993 (H8686) idols H457 silver H3701 idols H457 gold H2091 himself...
THE TERRIBLE VISION (ISAIAH 2:10). This vision is in direct contrast with the Glorious Vision of Isaiah 2:2. On the one hand glory, now, on the other, judgment. Here we have a picture of the destiny...
THE AWFUL SITUATION OF HIS PEOPLE BEFORE YAHWEH AND ITS FUTURE CONSEQUENCES (ISAIAH 2:6). In contrast with the glorious vision that we have just seen, of Yahweh's triumph and people flocking to God,...
Isaiah 2:6. _Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children...
Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah the son of Amos saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top...
CONTENTS: The coming glory of Jerusalem and Israel. The humbling of the haughty and the shame of sinners in that day. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: In view of the terribleness of that day whe...
Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah saw._ In these distressing times, when the Jewish church and state were shaken to the very centre, the Messiah spoke to the prophet, and showed him the new-testament...
_In that day a man shall cut his idols of silver_ THE RETURN TO GOD: IDOLS CAST AWAY The most beautiful sight on God’s earth is a man turning home again to God. What will happen when he comes back?...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 2:20 THEIR IDOLS OF SILVER AND THEIR IDOLS OF GOLD... TO THE MOLES AND TO THE BATS (that is, into the ruins and caves in which they live). The substitutes for God that are valued...
A TERRIBLE PICTURE Isaiah 2:6 _Here_ is the “word” (vision) which Isaiah “saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem” (Isaiah 2:1). The prophet has been enraptured by the wondrous prospect of the distant fut...
SECTION II. DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S JUDGMENTS UPON HIS PEOPLE (CH. 2-5.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 2:1 TITLE OF THE CHAPTER. It is gener
Now chapter 2 is introduced again. The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:1). And now God takes him off to the future. And it shall come to pass in the las...
Hosea 14:8; Isaiah 30:22; Isaiah 31:7; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 46:6;...
CHRIST IN ISAIAH Isaiah 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When Isaiah saw Christ in this chapter he saw Him in His Second Advent glory. Peter, in the Spirit, wrote of how the Prophets foretold the sufferings...