Isaiah 30:22
New International Version
Then you will desecrate your idols overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold; you will throw them away like a menstrual cloth and say to them, “Away with you!”

New Living Translation
Then you will destroy all your silver idols and your precious gold images. You will throw them out like filthy rags, saying to them, “Good riddance!”

English Standard Version
Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, “Be gone!”

Berean Standard Bible
So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”

King James Bible
Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

New King James Version
You will also defile the covering of your images of silver, And the ornament of your molded images of gold. You will throw them away as an unclean thing; You will say to them, “Get away!”

New American Standard Bible
And you will desecrate your carved images plated with silver, and your cast metal images plated with gold. You will scatter them as a filthy thing, and say to them, “Be gone!”

NASB 1995
And you will defile your graven images overlaid with silver, and your molten images plated with gold. You will scatter them as an impure thing, and say to them, “Be gone!”

NASB 1977
And you will defile your graven images, overlaid with silver, and your molten images plated with gold. You will scatter them as an impure thing; and say to them, “Be gone!”

Legacy Standard Bible
And you will defile your graven images overlaid with your silver, and your molten images plated with your gold. You will scatter them as an impure thing and say to them, “Be gone!”

Amplified Bible
And you will defile your carved images overlaid with silver, and your cast images plated with gold. You will scatter them like a bloodstained cloth, and will say to them, “Be gone!”

Christian Standard Bible
Then you will defile your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, and call them filth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then you will defile your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, and call them filth.

American Standard Version
And ye shall defile the overlaying of thy graven images of silver, and the plating of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as an unclean thing; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

Contemporary English Version
Then you will treat your idols of silver and gold like garbage; you will throw them away like filthy rags.

English Revised Version
And ye shall defile the overlaying of thy graven images of silver, and the plating of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as an unclean thing; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then you will dishonor your silver-plated idols and your gold-covered statues. You will throw them away like clothing ruined by stains. You will say to them, "Get out!"

Good News Translation
You will take your idols plated with silver and your idols covered with gold, and will throw them away like filth, shouting, "Out of my sight!"

International Standard Version
Then you will defile your carved idols that are overlaid with silver and your images plated with gold. You'll throw them away like disgusting objects and say to them, "Away with you!"

Majority Standard Bible
So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”

NET Bible
You will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag, saying to them, "Get out!"

New Heart English Bible
You shall defile the overlaying of your engraved images of silver, and the plating of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away as an unclean thing. You shall tell it, "Go away."

Webster's Bible Translation
Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a polluted cloth; thou shalt say to it, Be gone from me.

World English Bible
You shall defile the overlaying of your engraved images of silver, and the plating of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away as an unclean thing. You shall tell it, “Go away!”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And you have defiled the covering of Your carved images of silver, "" And the ephod of your molten image of gold, "" You scatter them as a sickening thing, “Go out,” you say to it.

Young's Literal Translation
And ye have defiled the covering of Thy graven images of silver, And the ephod of thy molten image of gold, Thou scatterest them as a sickening thing, 'Go out,' thou sayest to it.

Smith's Literal Translation
And defile ye the thin covering of the carved images of thy silver, and the overlaying of the molten things of thy gold: thou shalt scatter them as a menstruous cloth, thou shalt say to it, Go forth.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt defile the plates of thy graven things of silver, and the garment of thy molten things of gold, and shalt cast them away as the uncleanness of a menstruous woman. Thou shalt say to it: Get thee hence.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And you will defile the plates of your silver graven images and the vestment of your gold molten idols. And you will throw these things away like the uncleanness of a menstruating woman. You will say to it, “Go away!”

New American Bible
You shall defile your silver-plated idols and your gold-covered images; You shall throw them away like filthy rags, you shall say, “Get out!”

New Revised Standard Version
Then you will defile your silver-covered idols and your gold-plated images. You will scatter them like filthy rags; you will say to them, “Away with you!”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And you shall defile the silver which is overlaid on your idols, and the ornament of your molten images of gold; you shall cast them away like unclean water of a menstrous woman; and you shall take them outside like rubbish.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And defile the silver that covers your idols and the ephod of the smelting of their gold, and you shall shed them as the water of a menstruous woman, and you shall take them out like trash
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And ye shall defile thy graven images overlaid with silver, And thy molten images covered with gold; Thou shalt put them far away as one unclean; Thou shalt say unto it: 'Get thee hence.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou shalt pollute the plated idols, and thou shalt grind to powder the gilt ones, and shalt scatter them as the water of a removed woman, and thou shalt thrust them forth as dung.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
God's Mercies
21And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.” 22So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!” 23Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.…

Cross References
Exodus 32:20
Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.

2 Kings 23:4-6
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel. / Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven. / He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.

Deuteronomy 7:25-26
You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God. / And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.

2 Chronicles 34:3-7
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images. / Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. / Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. ...

Hosea 14:8
O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.

Ezekiel 36:25
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

Jeremiah 10:8-11
But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood! / Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers. / But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation. ...

1 Kings 15:12-13
He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. / He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.

Zechariah 13:2
And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.

Acts 19:18-20
Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds. / And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas. / So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.

1 Corinthians 10:14
Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

1 John 5:21
Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

Revelation 2:14-16
But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. / In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. / Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.

Revelation 9:20
Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.


Treasury of Scripture

You shall defile also the covering of your graven images of silver, and the ornament of your molten images of gold: you shall cast them away as a menstruous cloth; you shall say to it, Get you hence.

defile

Isaiah 2:20,21
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; …

Isaiah 17:7,8
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel…

Isaiah 27:9
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

thy graven images of silver.

Isaiah 46:6
They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

Exodus 32:2-4
And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me…

Judges 17:3,4
And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee…

cast.

Lamentations 1:17
Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.

Ezekiel 18:6
And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,

get

Hosea 14:8
Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

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Isaiah 30
1. The prophet threatens the people for their confidence in Egypt
8. And contempt of God's word
18. God's mercies toward his church
27. God's wrath and the people's joy, in the destruction of Assyria














Then you will desecrate
The Hebrew word for "desecrate" is "ṭāmē," which means to defile or make unclean. In the context of Isaiah 30:22, this action signifies a decisive rejection of idolatry. Historically, the Israelites often struggled with idol worship, influenced by surrounding nations. This phrase indicates a turning point where the people of God choose to purify themselves by rejecting false gods, symbolizing a return to covenant faithfulness.

your carved idols
The term "carved idols" refers to physical representations of deities, often made from wood or stone. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, such idols were common, serving as tangible objects of worship. The Hebrew word "pĕsîl" is used here, emphasizing the crafted nature of these idols. The Israelites were commanded to worship Yahweh alone, and this phrase underscores the importance of removing all physical idols to restore true worship.

overlaid with silver
Silver was a precious metal used to adorn idols, making them more appealing and valuable. The use of silver in idol-making is indicative of the investment and importance placed on these objects. In a spiritual sense, this phrase highlights the futility of valuing material wealth over spiritual truth. The Israelites are called to recognize the emptiness of such adornments and to prioritize their relationship with God.

and your molded images
"Molded images" refers to idols cast from metal, often gold or bronze. The Hebrew word "massekah" suggests a process of shaping or forming, indicating deliberate creation of these idols. This phrase serves as a reminder of the human tendency to create gods in our own image, rather than worshiping the true God. It calls believers to examine their own lives for modern-day "molded images" that may distract from genuine faith.

plated with gold
Gold, like silver, was used to enhance the appearance and perceived worth of idols. The use of gold signifies the lengths to which people will go to beautify and legitimize their false gods. In biblical times, gold was a symbol of wealth and power, yet here it is shown to be ultimately worthless in the face of divine truth. This phrase encourages believers to see beyond superficial allure and to seek the eternal value found in God alone.

You will throw them away
The act of throwing away idols is a powerful symbol of repentance and renewal. The Hebrew verb "zāraq" implies a forceful rejection, suggesting a complete and intentional break from past sins. This phrase is a call to action for believers to rid themselves of anything that hinders their relationship with God, demonstrating a commitment to spiritual purity and transformation.

like menstrual cloths
This comparison uses a vivid and culturally significant image to convey the impurity and repulsiveness of idols. In ancient Israel, menstrual cloths were considered ritually unclean, and this metaphor underscores the need to view idols with the same disdain. It challenges believers to recognize the spiritual contamination that idols bring and to treat them as detestable, unworthy of any place in their lives.

and call them filth
The final phrase, "call them filth," reinforces the complete rejection of idols. The Hebrew word "dāvah" can mean impurity or uncleanness, emphasizing the need to verbally and mentally acknowledge the worthlessness of idols. This declaration is an act of spiritual cleansing, affirming the believer's dedication to God. It serves as a reminder that true worship requires both internal conviction and external action, aligning one's heart and life with God's holiness.

(22) Ye shall defile also . . .--The first effect of the turning of the people was to be the putting away of what had been their besetting sin. The "graven" image possibly refers to the "carved" wooden figure which was afterwards overlaid with silver and gold. (Comp. Isaiah 40:19.) These, which had been worshipped, were now to be cast aside, like that which was the very type of loathsomeness.

Verse 22. - Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver. Idolatry, greatly encouraged by Ahaz, had been strictly forbidden by Hezekiah at the beginning of his reign (2 Kings 18:4); but the present passage, among others, shows how impossible it was for a king, with the best intentions, to effect the extirpation of idolatry, if his subjects were attached to it. Evidently the Jews had, in many cases, secretly maintained their idols and their idolatrous practices, despite the efforts of Hezekiah. But now, in their repentance, they would "defile" (i.e. destroy) both the outer "covering" of precious rectal, and the inner core of wood or stone, or base metallic substance. The ornament of thy molten images of gold; rather, the coating or overlaying. It was usual to overlay with gold or silver molten images of bronze or other inferior metal. Cast them away; literally, scatter; i.e. either grind them to powder (2 Kings 23:6), or at any rate break them to bits, and then disperse the fragments far and wide.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So you will desecrate
וְטִמֵּאתֶ֗ם (wə·ṭim·mê·ṯem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 2930: To be or become unclean

your silver-plated
צִפּוּי֙ (ṣip·pui)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6826: (metal) plating

idols
פְּסִילֵ֣י (pə·sî·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6456: An idol, image

and your gold-plated
אֲפֻדַּ֖ת (’ă·p̄ud·daṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 642: A girding on, a plating

images.
מַסֵּכַ֣ת (mas·sê·ḵaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 4541: A pouring over, fusion of metal, a libation, league, a coverlet

You will throw them away
תִּזְרֵם֙ (tiz·rêm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2219: To toss about, to diffuse, winnow

like
כְּמ֣וֹ (kə·mōw)
Preposition
Strong's 3644: Like, as, when

menstrual cloths,
דָוָ֔ה (ḏā·wāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 1739: Faint, unwell

saying,
תֹּ֥אמַר (tō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Be gone!”
צֵ֖א (ṣê)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim


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