King James Version
Isaiah 2:18 in the King James Version says “And the idols he shall utterly abolish. he: or, shall utterly pass away” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the idols he shall utterly abolish. he: or, shall utterly pass away”
Isaiah 2:18 · KJV
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. pleasant: Heb. pictures of desire
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
And the idols he shall utterly abolish. he: or, shall utterly pass away
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. of the earth: Heb. of the dust
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; his idols of silver: Heb. the idols of his silver, etc each: or, for him
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the idols”
H457good for nothing, by analogy vain or vanity; specifically an idol
“he shall utterly”
H3632complete; as noun, the whole (specifically, a sacrifice entirely consumed); as adverb, fully
“abolish”
H2498properly, to slide by, i.e., (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
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