Isaiah 31:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 2:20 : 20 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;
Isa 30:22 : 22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Ezek 36:25 : 25 Then will I 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 made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
Hos 14:8 : 8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed 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 desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
1 Kgs 12:28-30 : 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and 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 Bethel, 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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