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Isaiah 31:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
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Role in This Section
The historical narrative or dated oracle supplies a stated reason through “For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold…” at Isaiah 31:7 in “Return Accompanies Assyria's Nonhuman Defeat.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 31:6–9
Read Isaiah 31:7 with 31:6–9. By itself, “For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, historical horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Deep revolt, discarded idols, a sword beyond ordinary human strength, and a terror-struck standard close the Egypt-assistance warning.
Why It Needs Context
The historical narrative or dated oracle supplies a stated reason through “For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold…” at Isaiah 31:7 in “Return Accompanies Assyria's Nonhuman Defeat.” The line cannot responsibly stand apart from the dated setting, surrounding images or speech, and Isaiah 31:6–9's conclusion.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Isaiah 31:6–9 — Return Accompanies Assyria's Nonhuman DefeatSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 31:6–9, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 31:6–9 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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