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.
Parallel translations
- WEB For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold — sin which your own hands have made for you.
- BSB For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
- NKJV For in that day every man shall throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold—sin, which your own hands have made for yourselves.
- NASB For on that day every person will reject his silver idols and his gold idols, which your hands have made for you as a sin.
- NLT I know the glorious day will come when each of you will throw away the gold idols and silver images your sinful hands have made.
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Quick answer
In that day everyone will cast away the silver and gold idols their own hands sinfully made. It matters because genuine return to God means renouncing idolatry.
Overview
Repentance bears visible fruit: the people will throw away the idols they crafted, acknowledging them as sin. The verse names idolatry as a self-made offense to be abandoned. It anticipates the heart-change of the new covenant, where God turns His people from idols to serve Him through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Isa 30:22Ye 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.
- Isa 2:20In 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;
- Ezek 36:25Then 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 14:8Ephraim 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 7:25The 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 12:28–30Whereupon 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.
- Hos 8:11Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
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