Charles Spurgeon Commentary


Charles Spurgeon Commentary
"And their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots. Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made." — Isaiah 2:7-8 (ASV)
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: Their land also is full of idols;
How these things generally go together. If a nation prospers and gets wealthy, it is so apt to seek for itself external worship of a gaudy kind. It must then have its ritualism and its idols, for if they have their gold and have their chariots, the simple worship of the unseen God seems to be beneath the dignity of their taste.