Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 2:17-20

"And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day. And the idols shall utterly pass away. And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth. In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats;" — Isaiah 2:17-20 (ASV)

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. 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. 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;

The worshipper of idols shall be ashamed of them. The precious metal shall not save them – the work of art for which so many plead. "It is true the thing is defiling and idolatrous," some say, "but look at the skill, the taste, the handicraft, the precious metal." When God makes bare His arm, they shall fling even gold and silver to the moles and to the bats.