Isaiah 44:11

Isaiah 44:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
• New International Version (NIV)People who do that will be put to shame; such craftsmen are only human beings. Let them all come together and take their stand; they will be brought down to terror and shame.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, all his companions shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen are only human. Let them all assemble, let them stand forth. They shall be terrified; they shall be put to shame together.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Surely all his companions would be ashamed; And the workmen, they are mere men. Let them all be gathered together, Let them stand up; Yet they shall fear, They shall be ashamed together.

Context of Isaiah 44:11

9All who make idols are nothing, and what they treasure benefits no one. Their witnesses do not see or know anything, so they will be put to shame. 10Who makes a god or casts a metal image that benefits no one? Look, all its worshipers will be put to shame, and the craftsmen are humans. They all will assemble and stand; they all will be startled and put to shame. 12The ironworker labors over the coals, shapes the idol with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. Also he grows hungry and his strength fails; he doesn’t drink water and is faint. 13The woodworker stretches out a measuring line, he outlines it with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He makes it according to a human form, like a beautiful person, to dwell in a temple.

Isaiah 44:11 word by word

הֵ֤ן כָּל־חֲבֵרָיו֙ יֵבֹ֔שׁוּ וְחָרָשִׁ֥ים הֵ֖מָּה מֵֽאָדָ֑ם יִֽתְקַבְּצ֤וּ כֻלָּם֙ יַֽעֲמֹ֔דוּ יִפְחֲד֖וּ יֵבֹ֥שׁוּ יָֽחַד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, all his fellowsחָבֵרchâbêr · companionH2270
• shall be ashamedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• and the workmenחָרָשׁ, חֲרָשִׁיםchârâsh · artificerH2796
• of menאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• let them all be gathered togetherקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• let them stand upעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• they shall fearפָּחַדpâchad · to dreadH6342
• togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162

Cross-references for Isaiah 44:11

• Isaiah 1:29Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees you desired, and you will be embarrassed because of the garden shrines you have chosen.
• Isaiah 42:17They will be turned back and utterly ashamed — those who trust in an idol and say to a cast image, ‘You are our gods! ’
• Isaiah 45:16All of them are put to shame, even humiliated; the makers of idols go in humiliation together.
• 1 Samuel 5:3When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen with his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.
• 1 Samuel 6:4They asked, “What guilt offering should we send back to him?” And they answered, “Five gold tumors and five gold mice corresponding to the number of Philistine rulers, since there was one plague for both you and your rulers.
• Psalms 97:7All who serve carved images, those who boast in worthless idols, will be put to shame. All the gods must worship him.
• Jeremiah 2:26Like the shame of a thief when he is caught, so the house of Israel has been put to shame. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
• Jeremiah 10:14Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image, for his cast images are a lie; there is no breath in them.
• Jeremiah 51:17Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image, for his cast images are a lie; there is no breath in them.
• Isaiah 41:5The coasts and islands see and are afraid, the whole earth trembles. They approach and arrive.
• Judges 6:29They said to each other, “Who did this?” After they made a thorough investigation, they said, “Gideon son of Joash did it.”
• Judges 16:23Now the Philistine leaders gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said: Our god has handed over our enemy Samson to us.
• 1 Kings 18:19Now summon all Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
• Daniel 3:1King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue, ninety feet high and nine feet wide. He set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
• Daniel 5:1King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.
• Acts 19:24For a person named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, provided a great deal of business for the craftsmen.

Commentaries on Isaiah 44:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11His fellows - חבריו chaberaiv : but עבדיו abadaiv, his servants or worshippers, is the reading of one of De Rossi's MSS., and of the Chaldee. And the workmen, they are of men "Even the workmen themselves shall blush" - I do not know that any one has ever yet interpreted these words to any tolerably good sense: מאדם המה וחרשים vecharashim hemmah meadam . The Vulgate and our translators, have rendered them very fairly, as they are written and pointed in the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Behold, all his fellows - All that are joined in making, and in worshipping it, are regarded as the fellows, or the companions (חברין chăbērâyn ) of the idol-god (see Hosea 4:17 - Ephraim is joined to idols‘). They and the idols constitute one company or fellowship, intimately allied to each other. Shall be, ashamed - Shall be confounded when they find that their idols cannot aid them. And the workmen - The allusion to the workmen is to show that what…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-20Verses 9-20 Image-making is described, to expose the folly of idolaters. Though a man had used part of a log for fuel, he fell down before an image made of the remainder, praying it to deliver him. Man greatly dishonours God, when he represents him after the image of man. Satan blinds the eyes of unbelievers, causing absurd reasonings in matters of religion. Whether men seek happiness in worldly things, or run into unbelief, superstition, or any false…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-20This passage uses the form of a trial speech to press God’s argument that disgrace comes to all who trust in idols and false gods.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. his fellows--the associates of him who makes an idol; or of the idol (see De 7:26; Psa 115:8; Ho 4:17). they are of men--They are mortal men themselves; what better, then, can the idol be than its maker? gathered together ... stand up--as in a court of justice, to try the issue between God and them (see on Is 41:1; Is 41:21). yet--wrongly inserted in English Version. The issue of the trial shall be, "they shall fear," &c.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 44:11

• Carving
• Idol
• Idolatry

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Commentaries on Isaiah 44

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings