Isaiah 45:16

What does Isaiah 45:16 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 45:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

All those who have gone against him will be put to shame; the makers of images will be made low.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

They have been ashamed, And they have even blushed--all of them, Together gone in confusion have those carving images.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They are all confounded and ashamed: the forgers of errors are gone together into confusion.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them; they shall go away in confusion together, the makers of idols.

Context

v.15Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

v.16This passage

v.17But Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 42:17

    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.

  • Isaiah 44:11

    Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame; and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be put to shame together.

  • Jeremiah 10:14

    Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

  • Isaiah 41:19

    I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together:

  • Isaiah 45:20

    Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

  • Isaiah 44:9

    They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.

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