Isaiah 31:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִמְאָסוּן אִישׁ אֱלִילֵי כַסְפּוֹ וֶאֱלִילֵי זְהָבוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לָכֶם יְדֵיכֶם חֵטְא

Transliteration

For in the yôm the hûʾ yimʾāsûn ʾîš ʾᵉlîlê kaspô and ʾᵉlîlê zᵉhāḇô which ʿāśû to you yᵉḏêḵem ḥēṭᵉʾ

Grammar Details

*yôm*: noun, masculine singular - day
*hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - that
*yimʾāsûn*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural, qal with paragogic nun - they reject
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man/each man
*ʾᵉlîlê*: noun, masculine plural construct - idols of
*kaspô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his silver
*zᵉhāḇô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his gold
*ʿāśû*: perfect, 3rd plural, qal - they made
*yᵉḏêḵem*: noun, feminine dual with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your hands
*ḥēṭᵉʾ*: noun, masculine singular - sin

Word Meanings

*yimʾāsûn*: reject/despise/refuse
*ʾîš*: man/each man/everyone
*ʾᵉlîlê*: idols/false gods/worthless things
*ʿāśû*: made/created/fashioned
*ḥēṭᵉʾ*: sin/offense/wrongdoing

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 2:20 : 20 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;
Isa 30:22 : 22 And ye shall defile the overlaying of thy graven images of silver, and the plating of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as an unclean thing; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Ezek 36:25 : 25 And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Hos 8:11 : 11 Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning.
Hos 14:8 : 8 Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.
Deut 7:25 : 25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not covet 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.
1 Kgs 12:28-30 : 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 29 And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin; for the people went [to worship] before the one, even unto Dan.

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