Isaiah 31:7

“For in that day, &c.] When deliverance shall be wrought; when men shall be convinced of the vanity and insufficiency of their idols to help them, and of their sin in worshipping them; when they shall be brought to repentance for it, and turn to the Lord as an evidence of it: every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold; with contempt and abhorrence of them, as the wordf628 signifies; every man “his” own idol, and even those that were of the greatest value, which were made of gold and silver: which your own hands have made unto you [for] a sin; their idols were the work of their own hands, and were made by them in order to commit sin with, the sin of idolatry; or sin…”

“In the day of trial the idols will be found to render no help and will therefore be cast away. Compare as to the future restoration and conversion of Israel simultaneously with the interposition of Jehovah in its defense, Zac 12:9-14; Zac 13:1-2. for a sin--that is, whereby especially you contracted guilt (Kg1 12:30).”

“For in that day - That is, in the invasion of Sennacherib, and the events that shalt be consequent thereon. Every man shall cast away his idols - (see the note at Isaiah 30:22; compare the note at Isaiah 2:20). For a sin - Or rather, the sin which your own hands have made. The sense is, that the making of those idols had been a sin, or sin itself. It had been “the” sin, by way of eminence, which was chargeable upon them. return to 'Top of Page'”

“in that: Isa 2:20, Isa 30:22; Deu 7:25; Eze 36:25; Hos 14:8 his idols of gold: Heb. the idols of his gold for a sin: Kg1 12:28-30; Hos 8:11 Isaiah 31:8”

“The first is, that idolatry would one day be recognised in all its abomination, and put away. "For in that day they will abhor every one their silver idols and their gold idols, which your hands have made you for a sin," i.e., to commit sin and repent, with the preponderance of the latter idea, as in Hos 8:11 (compare Kg1 13:34). חטא, a second accusative to עשׂוּ, indicating the result. The prospect is the same as that held out in Isa 30:22; Isa 27:9; Isa 17:8; Isa 2:20. Isaiah 31:8”