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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 2:7 - 2:7
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gold - forbidden to be heaped together (Deu 17:17). Solomon disobeyed (1Ki 10:21, 1Ki 10:27).
horses ... chariots - forbidden (Deu 17:16). But Solomon disobeyed (1Ki 20:26). Horses could be used effectively for war in the plains of Egypt; not so in the hilly Judea. God designed there should be as wide as possible a distinction between Israel and the Egyptians. He would have His people wholly dependent on Him, rather than on the ordinary means of warfare (Psa 20:7). Also horses were connected with idolatry (2Ki 23:11); hence His objection: so the transition to “idols” (Isa 2:8) is natural.