Bible Strands
Isaiah 2:18
and the idols will vanish completely.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet addresses Judah during a future day of divine judgment when human pride is humbled and the LORD alone is exalted.
The words — The text declares that אֱלִילִים ('eliLim, "idols") will כָּלִיל (kalil, "completely") יַחֲלֹף (yaḥalof, "pass away").
The thread — The text states that false gods are removed in judgment, which aligns with Isaiah 21:9 where Babylon's images fall and Ezekiel 36:25 where cleansing replaces impurity.
Why it lands — The text demands the abandonment of created substitutes, requiring a reader to recognize that only the LORD's majesty remains when human arrogance is stripped away.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 21:9 Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
- Isaiah 27:9 Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
- Ezekiel 36:25 I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Ezekiel 37:23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Zephaniah 1:3 “I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
- Zechariah 13:2 And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
- Hosea 14:8 O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.