Isaiah 42:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.”
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“But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly put to shame, that trust in graven images, that say unto molten images, Ye are our gods.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Removed backward--utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a graven image, Those saying to a molten image, `Ye <FI>are<Fi> our gods.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 42:17 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 32:4He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
- Exodus 32:8How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”
- Psalms 97:7All worshipers of images are put to shame— those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!
- Psalms 135:18Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
- Isaiah 1:29Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.
- Isaiah 44:9All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
- Isaiah 44:11Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.
- Isaiah 44:17From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
- Isaiah 45:16They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.
- Jeremiah 2:26As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
- Habakkuk 2:18What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
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