KJV King James Version
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
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Isaiah 2:8
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
WEB World English Bible
Their land also is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
ASV American Standard Version
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And its land is full of idols, To the work of its hands it boweth itself, To that which its fingers have made,
Surrounding context — Isaiah 2
5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
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 of strangers.
7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither [is there any] end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither [is there any] end of their chariots:
8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
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Psalm 115:4-8Their idols [are] silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.Revelation 9:20And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:Isaiah 37:19And have cast their gods into the fire: for they [were] no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.Jeremiah 2:28But where [are] thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for [according to] the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.Acts 17:16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.Deuteronomy 4:28And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.Isaiah 17:8And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect [that] which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.2 Chronicles 33:3-7For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.Isaiah 10:10-11As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;Jeremiah 11:13For [according to] the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and [according to] the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to [that] shameful thing, [even] altars to burn incense unto Baal.Hosea 12:11[Is there] iniquity [in] Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars [are] as heaps in the furrows of the fields.Hosea 14:3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.Isaiah 44:15-20Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth [it], and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth [it]; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.Ezekiel 16:23-25And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)Isaiah 57:5Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?2 Chronicles 27:2And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.2 Chronicles 28:2-4For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.Hosea 13:2And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, [and] idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
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