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For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made to you for a sin.
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The Fruit of True Repentance
Commentators explain that casting away idols is not an act of fear, but the outward fruit of genuine, hope-filled repentance. As John Calvin notes, just as a tree is known by its fruit, a changed heart is demonstrated by changed actions. This turning from sin is what opens the way for God's promised deliverance.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For in that day - That is, in the invasion of Sennacherib, and the events that will follow from it.
Every man will cast away his i…
19th Century
Anglican
In that day every man shall cast away ... — The act is the same as that of Isaiah 2:20, but with a marked difference of m…
16th Century
Protestant
For in that day. He continues the subject which he began in the former verse. Yet there is this difference: in the former verse he exhorte…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For in that day When deliverance shall be wrought; when men shall be convinced of the vanity and insufficiency of th…
They have been backsliding children, yet children; let them return, and their backslidings shall be healed, though they have sunk deep into misery …
13th Century
Catholic
Woe to them that go down. In this part, he threatens both the Egyptians and the Jews at the same time. Regarding this, he does t…
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