Isaiah 45:16

Isaiah 45:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
• New International Version (NIV)All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced; they will go off into disgrace together.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All of them are put to shame and confounded; the makers of idols go in confusion together.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They shall be ashamed And also disgraced, all of them; They shall go in confusion together, Who are makers of idols.

Context of Isaiah 45:16

14Thus says Adonai: “Egypt’s toil, Ethiopia’s merchandise, and the tall Sabeans will come over to you and be yours. They will walk behind you in chains. They will bow down to you, and pray, saying, ‘Surely God is with you!’ There is none else— no other God!” 15Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, Savior! All of them will be ashamed, disgraced— idol-makers go in dishonor together. 17Israel has been saved by Adonai with an everlasting salvation. You will not be put to shame or disgraced, for ever and ever. 18For thus says Adonai— He is God who fashioned the heavens, who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it desolate but formed it to be inhabited— “I am Adonai—there is no other!”

Isaiah 45:16 word by word

בּ֥וֹשׁוּ וְגַֽם־נִכְלְמ֖וּ כֻּלָּ֑ם יַחְדָּו֙ הָלְכ֣וּ בַכְּלִמָּ֔ה חָרָשֵׁ֖י צִירִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They shall be ashamedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• and also confoundedכָּלַםkâlam · be humiliatedH3637
• all of them: they shall goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• to confusionכְּלִמָּהkelimmâh · shameH3639
• togetherיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162
• makersחָרָשׁ, חֲרָשִׁיםchârâsh · artificerH2796
• of idolsצִירtsîyr · imageH6736

Cross-references for Isaiah 45:16

• Isaiah 45:20“Assemble yourselves and come, draw near together, fugitives of the nations! Those who carry their wooden idols have no knowledge, praying to a god who cannot save.
• Isaiah 41:19I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia tree, the myrtle and the olive tree. I will set in the desert the cypress tree and the pine together with the box tree—
• Isaiah 42:17They will be turned back, utterly put to shame— those trusting in idols, who say to molten images, ‘You are our gods.’
• Isaiah 44:9Those who fashion idols are empty. Their precious things do not profit. Their witnesses do not see or know, so they will be put to shame.
• Psalms 97:7Let all who serve graven images be ashamed—who boast in idols. Bow down before Him, all you gods!
• Jeremiah 2:26As a thief is shamed when caught, so the house of Israel is shamed— they, their kings, their princes, their kohanim and their prophets.
• Jeremiah 10:14Everyone is stupid, ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idol! His molten image is a fraud. There is no breath in them.

Commentaries on Isaiah 45:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16They shall be ashamed "They are ashamed" - The reader cannot but observe the sudden transition from the solemn adoration of the secret and mysterious nature of God's counsels in regard to his people, to the spirited denunciation of the confusion of idolaters, and the final destruction of idolatry; contrasted with the salvation of Israel, not from temporal captivity, but the eternal salvation by the Messiah, strongly marked by the repetition and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16They shall be ashamed and confounded - That is, they shall find all their hopes fail, and shall be suffused with shame that they were ever so senseless as to trust in blocks of wood and stone (see the notes at Isaiah 1:29; Isaiah 20:5; Isaiah 30:5; Isaiah 43:17). They shall go to confusion - They shall all retire in shame and disgrace. That is, when they have gone to supplicate their idols, they shall find them unable to render them any aid, and they…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-19Verses 11-19 Believers may ask in prayer for what they need; if for their good, it will not be withheld. But how common to hear God called to account for his dealings with man! Cyrus provided for the returning Jews. Those redeemed by Christ shall be provided for. The restoration would convince many, and convert some; and all that truly join the Lord, find his service perfect freedom. Though God be his people's God and Saviour, yet sometimes he lays them…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. ashamed--"disappointed" in their expectation of help from their idols (see on Is 42:17; Psalm 97. 7).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 45:16

• Idolatry
• Isaiah

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Commentaries on Isaiah 45

• 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