So they gave Ya‛aqoḇ all the foreign mighty ones which were in their hands, and all their earrings which were in their ears. And Ya‛aqoḇ hid them under the terebinth tree which was near Sheḵem.
Isaiah 2:20 - The Scriptures 2009 In that day man shall throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which they made, each for himself to worship, to the moles and bats, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In that day men shall cast away to the moles and to the bats their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, American Standard Version (1901) In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats; Common English Bible On that day, people will toss to the rodents and to the bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship. Catholic Public Domain Version In that day, man shall cast aside his idols of silver and his images of gold, which he had made for himself, as if to reverence the moles and the bats. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which he had made for himself to adore, moles and bats. |
So they gave Ya‛aqoḇ all the foreign mighty ones which were in their hands, and all their earrings which were in their ears. And Ya‛aqoḇ hid them under the terebinth tree which was near Sheḵem.
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;
“What shall you do in the day of visitation, and in the ruin which comes from afar? To whom would you run for help? And where would you leave your wealth?
And he shall not look to the slaughter-places, the work of his hands; and he shall not see that which his own fingers made, nor the Ashĕrim nor the sun-pillars.
And you shall defile the covering of your graven images of silver, and the plating of your moulded images of gold. You shall throw them away as a menstrual cloth and say to them, “Be gone!”
For in that day, let each man reject his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made for yourselves, as a sin.
The workman moulds a graven image, and the goldsmith overspreads it with gold, and the silversmith casts silver chains.
Bĕl has bowed down, Neḇo is stooping, their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle. That which is carried is burdensome, a burden to the weary.
“They pour gold out of the bag, and weigh silver on the scale. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a mighty one. They fall down, they also bow themselves.
“Therefore say to the house of Yisra’ĕl, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “Repent, and turn back from your idols, and turn back your faces from all your abominations.
“And I shall sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean – from all your filthiness and from all your idols I cleanse you.
They throw their silver into the streets, and their gold becomes as filth. Their silver and their gold is unable to deliver them in the day of the wrath of יהוה. They do not satisfy their appetite, nor fill their stomachs, because it has been their stumbling-block of crookedness.
“What more has Ephrayim to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after him. I am like a green cypress tree, your fruit comes from Me.”
and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
יהוה shall be awesome to them, for He shall make all the mighty ones of the earth to shrivel, while all the coastlands of the nations bow down to Him, each one from his place.
Then they shall begin ‘to say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!” ’