Isaiah 2:8
New International Version
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

New Living Translation
Their land is full of idols; the people worship things they have made with their own hands.

English Standard Version
Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made.

Berean Standard Bible
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

King James Bible
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

New King James Version
Their land is also full of idols; They worship the work of their own hands, That which their own fingers have made.

New American Standard Bible
Their land has also been filled with idols; They worship the work of their hands, That which their fingers have made.

NASB 1995
Their land has also been filled with idols; They worship the work of their hands, That which their fingers have made.

NASB 1977
Their land has also been filled with idols; They worship the work of their hands, That which their fingers have made.

Legacy Standard Bible
Their land has also been filled with idols; They worship the work of their hands, That which their fingers have made.

Amplified Bible
Their land has also been filled with idols; They worship the work of their hands, That which their own fingers have made.

Christian Standard Bible
Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the work of their hands, what their fingers have made.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

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.

Contemporary English Version
Everywhere in the country they worship the idols they have made.

English Revised Version
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Their land is filled with idols, and they worship what their hands have shaped and what their fingers have molded.

Good News Translation
Their land is full of idols, and they worship objects that they have made with their own hands.

International Standard Version
Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made.

Majority Standard Bible
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

NET Bible
Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the product of their own hands, what their own fingers have fashioned.

New Heart English Bible
Their land also is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

Webster's Bible Translation
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

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.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And its land is full of idols, "" It bows itself to the work of its hands, "" To that which its fingers have made,

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,

Smith's Literal Translation
And their land will be full of nothings; they will worship to the work of their hand, to what their fingers made:
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And their land is filled with horses: and their chariots are innumerable. Their land also is full of idols: they have adored the work of their own hands, which their own fingers have made.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And their land has been filled with horses. And their four-horse chariots are innumerable. And their land has been filled with idols. They have adored the work of their hands, which their own fingers have made.

New American Bible
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the works of their hands, what their fingers have made.

New Revised Standard Version
Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Their land also is filled with idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And their land was filled with idols. They were bowing down to the work of their hands, to that which their fingers made
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Their land also is full of idols; Every one worshippeth the work of his own hands, That which his own fingers have made.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the land is filled with abominations, even the works of their hands; and they have worshipped the works which their fingers made.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Day of Reckoning
7Their 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. 8Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made. 9So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled—do not forgive them!…

Cross References
Exodus 20:3-5
You shall have no other gods before Me. / You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. / You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Deuteronomy 4:28
And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

Psalm 115:4-8
Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ...

Psalm 135:15-18
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. ...

Jeremiah 10:3-5
For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. / They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. / Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”

Jeremiah 10:14-15
Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. / They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

Hosea 8:4-6
They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction. / He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? / For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.

Hosea 13:2
Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”

Micah 5:13
I will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands.

Habakkuk 2:18-19
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak. / Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”

1 Kings 11:4-8
For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been. / Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. / So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely. ...

2 Kings 17:16
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.

2 Chronicles 33:7
Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.

Romans 1:22-23
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

1 Corinthians 10:19-20
Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? / No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.


Treasury of Scripture

Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

is full

Isaiah 57:5
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?

2 Chronicles 27:2
And 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 28:2-4,23-25
For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim…

worship

Isaiah 37:19
And 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.

Isaiah 44:15-20
Then 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…

Deuteronomy 4:28
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

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Their land is full of idols
The Hebrew word for "idols" here is "אֱלִילִים" (elilim), which often denotes worthless or vain objects of worship. In the historical context of ancient Israel, the proliferation of idols was a direct violation of the first two commandments given to Moses. The land being "full" suggests a saturation of idolatry, indicating that the people had turned away from God to embrace the pagan practices of surrounding nations. This phrase serves as a stark reminder of the spiritual decline and the pervasive nature of sin when a society turns from God.

they bow down
The act of bowing down, or "שָׁחָה" (shachah) in Hebrew, signifies worship and submission. In the ancient Near Eastern context, bowing was a physical expression of reverence and allegiance. Here, it highlights the misplaced devotion of the Israelites, who were offering the worship due to God to lifeless idols. This act of bowing down to idols is a powerful image of spiritual adultery, as the people were giving their hearts to false gods instead of the one true God.

to the work of their hands
This phrase underscores the futility and irony of idolatry. The Hebrew word "מַעֲשֶׂה" (ma'aseh) refers to something made or crafted. The people were worshiping objects they themselves had created, which is a profound commentary on the absurdity of idolatry. It reflects a human tendency to elevate personal achievements and creations to divine status, forgetting that all creativity and ability come from God. This serves as a caution against the pride and self-sufficiency that can lead one away from dependence on God.

to what their fingers have made
The emphasis on "fingers" (אֶצְבְּעוֹת, etzba'ot) further illustrates the personal involvement and effort in creating these idols. It suggests a meticulous and intentional crafting of objects that were then revered as gods. This phrase highlights the personal investment in idolatry, making it not just a communal sin but an individual one as well. It serves as a warning against the dangers of human pride and the tendency to worship the created rather than the Creator, echoing the Apostle Paul's words in Romans 1:25 about exchanging the truth of God for a lie.

(8) Their land also is full of idols.--The word which Isaiah chooses for "idols" (elilim--i.e., vain, false, gods) seems intentionally contrasted with elim (gods, or mighty ones), and may fairly be rendered by no-gods. The reign of Ahaz was conspicuous from the first for this cultus (2Chronicles 28:2-3), but it had been prominent even under Jotham (2Chronicles 27:2).

Verse 8. - Full of idols. The historians declare that both Uzziah and Jotham maintained the worship of Jehovah and disallowed idolatry (2 Kings 15:3, 34; 2 Chronicles 26:4; 2 Chronicles 27:2), so that we must regard the idol-worship of the time as an irregular and private practice. (It is, perhaps, alluded to in 2 Chronicles 27:2; and the fact of its prevalence is stated in Amos 2:1; Micah 5:13.) Perhaps Bishop Lowth is right in regarding it as mainly a continuation of the old private teraphim worship ('Notes,' p. 25).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Their land
אַרְצ֖וֹ (’ar·ṣōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

is full of
וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א (wat·tim·mā·lê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

idols;
אֱלִילִ֑ים (’ĕ·lî·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 457: Good for, nothing, by anal, vain, vanity, an idol

they bow down
יִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֔וּ (yiš·ta·ḥă·wū)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate

to the work
לְמַעֲשֵׂ֤ה (lə·ma·‘ă·śêh)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

of their hands,
יָדָיו֙ (yā·ḏāw)
Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

to what
לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (la·’ă·šer)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

their fingers
אֶצְבְּעֹתָֽיו׃ (’eṣ·bə·‘ō·ṯāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 676: Something to sieze with, a finger, a toe

have made.
עָשׂ֖וּ (‘ā·śū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make


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