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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Isaiah 2:18

And the Idols He shall utterly abolish, literally, "they will be changed," they will vanish away, their vanity will be apparent before all men.

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See also Isaiah 2:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 2:18. _SHALL UTTERLY ABOLISH _- "Shall disappear"] The ancient versions and an ancient MS. read יחלפו _yachalpu_, plural. One of my MSS. reads יחלוף _yachaloph_, probably a mistake for יח...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THE IDOLS - Note, Isaiah 2:8. ABOLISH - Hebrew, ‘Cause to pass away or disappear.’ He shall entirely cause their worship to cease. This prediction was most remarkably fulfilled. Before the captivi...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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)_...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And the idols he shall utterly abolish. AND THE IDOLS - Hebrew, haa'ªliyliym (H457); literally, vain things, nothings (1 Corinthians 8:4). Fulfilled to the letter. Before the Babylonian captivity t...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The *Lord will not share his honour with any person or with any gods that mere men have manufactured....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THE IDOLS. — Better, _The no-gods shall pass away._ The seven words of the English answer to three in the Hebrew. As with a profound sense, conscious or unconscious, of the power of rhythm, the pr...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָ אֱלִילִ֖ים כָּלִ֥יל יַחֲלֹֽף׃...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Destroyed. This was verified by the establishment of Christianity. And by this and other texts of the like nature, the wild system of some modern sectaries is abundantly confuted, who charge the whol...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    18_And the idols he will utterly abolish _As he had formerly, in his reproof, joined idolatry with luxury and covetousness, and other views; so he now joins them in the threatening of punishment....

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE IDOLS HE SHALL UTTERLY ABOLISH. The images of saints worshipped by the Papists: after the destruction of antichrist, and when the spiritual reign of Christ takes place, there will be no idolat...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the idols he shall utterly abolish. Ver. 18. _And the idols he shall utterly abolish._] Their names shall be cut off out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered, Zec 13:2 unless it be w...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down_ Here the prophet expresses literally what he had delivered metaphorically in the preceding verses. The same things were asserted Isaiah 2:11, but they ar...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THE IDOLS HE SHALL UTTERLY ABOLISH: Or, the idols shall utterly pass away...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    God will discover the impotency of idols to succour their worshippers, and thereby destroy their worship in the world....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 2:18 idols H457 utterly H3632 abolish H2498 (H8799) the idols - Isaiah 27:9;...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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,...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And the idols He shall utterly abolish_ THE CESSATION OF IDOLATRY In heathen systems of religion, God and nature are not kept distinct. His personality, also, is confounded. The fears and hopes of...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE GREAT DETHRONEMENT Isaiah 2:18. _And the idols He shall utterly abolish_. There are a great number of things which would be incredible if they had not actually happened! Men who, like ourselves,...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    SECTION II. DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S JUDGMENTS UPON HIS PEOPLE (CH. 2-5.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 2:1 TITLE OF THE CHAPTER. It is gener

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 36:25; Ezekiel 37:23; Hosea 14:8; Isaiah 27:9; Zechariah 13:2

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

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