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 form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame. 10Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless? Look, all his associates will be put to shame; the craftsmen are mere humans. Let them all assemble and take their stand! They will panic and be put to shame. 12A blacksmith works with his tool and forges metal over the coals. He forms it with hammers; he makes it with his strong arm. He gets hungry and loses his energy; he drinks no water and gets tired. 13A carpenter takes measurements; he marks out an outline of its form; he scrapes it with chisels, and marks it with a compass. He patterns it after the human form, like a well-built human being, and puts it in a shrine.

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 find so desirable; you will be embarrassed because of the sacred orchards where you choose to worship.
• Isaiah 42:17Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images, ‘You are our gods.’”
• Isaiah 45:16They will all be ashamed and embarrassed; those who fashion idols will all be humiliated.
• 1 Samuel 5:3When the residents of Ashdod got up early the next day, Dagon was lying on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him back in his place.
• 1 Samuel 6:4They inquired, “What is the guilt offering that we should send to him?” They replied, “The Philistine leaders number five. So send five gold sores and five gold mice, for it is the same plague that has afflicted both you and your leaders.
• Psalms 97:7All who worship idols are ashamed, those who boast about worthless idols. All the gods bow down before him.
• Jeremiah 2:26Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel will suffer dishonor for what they have done. So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets.
• Jeremiah 10:14All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.
• Jeremiah 51:17All idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.
• Isaiah 41:5The coastlands see and are afraid; the whole earth trembles; they approach and come.
• Judges 6:29They said to one another, “Who did this?” They investigated the matter thoroughly and concluded that Gideon son of Joash had done it.
• Judges 16:23The rulers of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate. They said, “Our god has handed Samson, our enemy, over to us.”
• 1 Kings 18:19Now send out messengers and assemble all Israel before me at Mount Carmel, as well as the 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah whom Jezebel supports.
• Daniel 3:1King Nebuchadnezzar had a golden statue made. It was ninety feet tall and nine feet wide. He erected it on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
• Daniel 5:1King Belshazzar prepared a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in front of them all.
• Acts 19:24For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to 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