Bible Strands
Isaiah 2:7
Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet addresses the house of Jacob during a period of spiritual compromise and foreign alliances, just before pronouncing divine abandonment.
The words — אַרְצוֹ ('ar.Tz/o) = its land and קֵצֶה (Ke.tzeh) = an end.
The thread — The warning against military accumulation and misplaced trust runs through Deuteronomy 17:16, Psalms 20:7, and Isaiah 30:16.
Why it lands — The text states the land is filled with unlimited silver, gold, horses, and chariots. It demands the reader acknowledge that hoarding wealth and military power directly displaces dependence on God, paving the way for the idolatry described in the immediate context.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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:
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 17:16 But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
- Psalms 20:7 Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
- Isaiah 30:16 “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
- Isaiah 31:1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
- Micah 5:10 “In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.
- 1 Kings 4:26 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
- 1 Kings 10:21 All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 9:20 All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
- Jeremiah 5:27 Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
- Hosea 14:3 Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”