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href="/bsb/isaiah/42.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/42.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />But those who trust in idols, who say to images, &#8216You are our gods,&#8217 will be turned back in utter shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/42.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But those who trust in idols, who say, ‘You are our gods,’ will be turned away in shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/42.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They are turned back and utterly put to shame, who trust in carved idols, who say to metal images, “You are our gods.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/42.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/42.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye <i>are</i> our gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/42.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They shall be turned back, They shall be greatly ashamed, Who trust in carved images, Who say to the molded images, ‘You <i>are</i> our gods.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/42.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will be turned back <i>and</i> be utterly put to shame, Who trust in idols, Who say to cast metal images, “You are our gods.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/42.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They will be turned back and be utterly put to shame, Who trust in idols, Who say to molten images, &#8220You are our gods.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/42.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />They shall be turned back and be utterly put to shame, Who trust in idols, Who say to molten images, “You are our gods.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/42.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They will be turned back <i>and</i> be utterly put to shame, Who trust in graven images, Who say to molten images, “You are our gods.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/42.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Those who trust in carved idols will be turned back, And utterly put to shame, Who say to cast images, “You are our gods.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/42.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will be turned back and utterly ashamed — those who trust in an idol and say to a cast image, ‘You are our gods! ’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/42.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will be turned back and utterly ashamed— those who trust in idols and say to metal-plated images: You are our gods!&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/42.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/42.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Everyone who worships idols as though they were gods will be terribly ashamed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/42.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say unto molten images, Ye are our gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/42.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then those who trust idols and those who say to statues, "You are our gods" will be turned away and put to shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/42.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />All who trust in idols, who call images their gods, will be humiliated and disgraced." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/42.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Those who trust in carved idols will turn back and be completely disappointed, along with those who say to metal images, 'You are our gods.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/42.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ?You are our gods!? will be turned back in utter shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/42.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images, 'You are our gods.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/42.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Those who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, 'You are our gods' will be turned back. They will be utterly disappointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/42.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/42.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Those who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be turned back. They will be utterly disappointed. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/42.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Removed backward—utterly ashamed, "" Are those trusting in a carved image, "" Those saying to a molten image, “You [are] our gods.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/42.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Removed backward -- utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a graven image, Those saying to a molten image, 'Ye are our gods.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/42.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />They were turned back, they will be ashamed with shame, trusting in the carved image, saying to the molten image, Thou our God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/42.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />They are turned back: let them be greatly confounded, that trust in a graven thing, that say to a molten thing: You are our god. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/42.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />They have been converted again. Let those who trust in graven idols be greatly confounded, for they say to a molten thing, “You are our god.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/42.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They shall be turned back in utter shame who trust in idols; Who say to molten images, “You are our gods.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/42.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They shall be turned back and utterly put to shame— those who trust in carved images, who say to cast images, “You are our gods.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/42.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, who trust in graven images, who say to molten images, You are our gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/42.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />They shall turn their back and they shall be ashamed in shame, those who trust on carved images, and they were saying to molten images: "You are our gods!"<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/42.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />They shall be turned back, greatly ashamed, That trust in graven images, That say unto molten images: 'Ye are our gods.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/42.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But they are turned back: be ye utterly ashamed that trust in graven <i>images</i>, who say to the molten <i>images</i>, Ye are our gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/42-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=9273" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/42.htm">A New Song of Praise</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/982.htm" title="982: hab·bō·ṭə·ḥîm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To trust. A primitive root; properly, to hie for refuge; figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure.">But those who trust</a> <a href="/hebrew/6459.htm" title="6459: bap·pā·sel (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- An idol, image. From pacal; an idol.">in idols</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: hā·’ō·mə·rîm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and say</a> <a href="/hebrew/4541.htm" title="4541: lə·mas·sê·ḵāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- From nacak; properly, a pouring over, i.e. Fusion of metal; by implication, a libation, i.e. League; concretely a coverlet.">to molten images,</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tem (Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). ">‘You</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">are our gods!’</a> <a href="/hebrew/5472.htm" title="5472: nā·sō·ḡū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To move away, backslide. A primitive root; properly, to flinch, i.e. to go back, literally or figuratively.">will be turned</a> <a href="/hebrew/268.htm" title="268: ’ā·ḥō·wr (N-ms) -- The hind side, back part. Or achor; from Achiyra'; the hinder part; hence behind, backward; also the West.">back</a> <a href="/hebrew/1322.htm" title="1322: ḇō·šeṯ (N-fs) -- Shame, shameful thing. From buwsh; shame; by implication an idol.">in utter</a> <a href="/hebrew/954.htm" title="954: yê·ḇō·šū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To be ashamed. A primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. By implication to be ashamed; also to be disappointed or delayed.">shame.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/97-7.htm">Psalm 97:7</a></span><br />All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-27.htm">Jeremiah 2:27-28</a></span><br />say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’ / But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Jeremiah 10:14-15</a></span><br />Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. / They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-18.htm">Habakkuk 2:18-19</a></span><br />What 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. / Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-21.htm">Deuteronomy 32:21</a></span><br />They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15</a></span><br />They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-11</a></span><br />All 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. / Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? / Behold, 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-16.htm">Isaiah 45:16</a></span><br />They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/46-6.htm">Isaiah 46:6-7</a></span><br />They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship. / They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/48-5.htm">Isaiah 48:5</a></span><br />Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-4.htm">1 Corinthians 8:4-6</a></span><br />So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one. / For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords), / yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19-20</a></span><br />Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? / No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-8.htm">Galatians 4:8</a></span><br />Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-29.htm">Acts 17:29-30</a></span><br />Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination. / Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, You are our gods.</p><p class="hdg">be greatly</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-29.htm">Isaiah 1:29</a></b></br> For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/44-11.htm">Isaiah 44:11</a></b></br> Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they <i>are</i> of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; <i>yet</i> they shall fear, <i>and</i> they shall be ashamed together.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/45-16.htm">Isaiah 45:16,17</a></b></br> They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together <i>that are</i> makers of idols… </p><p class="hdg">say to</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/44-17.htm">Isaiah 44:17</a></b></br> And the residue thereof he maketh a god, <i>even</i> his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth <i>it</i>, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou <i>art</i> my god.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-4.htm">Exodus 32:4,8</a></b></br> And he received <i>them</i> at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These <i>be</i> thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/41-11.htm">Ashamed</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-4.htm">Confide</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-6.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-11.htm">Disappointed</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-8.htm">Engraved</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-24.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-8.htm">Graven</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-2.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-4.htm">Hope</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-8.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-20.htm">Image</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-8.htm">Images</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-29.htm">Metal</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-29.htm">Molten</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-8.htm">Pictured</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-11.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-11.htm">Shamed</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-10.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-22.htm">Trusting</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-8.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-13.htm">Utter</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-24.htm">Utterly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Ashamed</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-10.htm">Confide</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-6.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Disappointed</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Engraved</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-13.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Graven</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-13.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-5.htm">Hope</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Image</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-16.htm">Images</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-10.htm">Metal</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-10.htm">Molten</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Pictured</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-10.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-28.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-8.htm">Shamed</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-10.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-8.htm">Trusting</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-14.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-28.htm">Utter</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-3.htm">Utterly</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 42</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/42-1.htm">The office of Christ, graced with meekness and constancy.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/42-5.htm">God's promise unto him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/42-10.htm">An exhortation to praise God for his Gospel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/42-13.htm">God will manifest himself, and check idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/42-18.htm">He reproves the people of incredulity.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Idolatry was prevalent among the nations surrounding Israel and often tempted the Israelites themselves. Trusting in idols signifies a misplaced faith, as these man-made objects cannot provide the protection or guidance that the living God offers. The biblical context highlights the futility of idol worship, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Psalm 115:4-8</a>, which describe idols as having mouths but not speaking, eyes but not seeing.<p><b>and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’</b><br>Molten images refer to idols crafted from metal, often gold or silver, and worshipped as deities. This practice was common in ancient Near Eastern cultures, including Egypt and Canaan. The declaration "You are our gods!" underscores the spiritual blindness and rebellion against the true God. This echoes the incident of the golden calf in <a href="/exodus/32.htm">Exodus 32</a>, where the Israelites fashioned an idol and attributed their deliverance from Egypt to it, demonstrating a direct violation of the first two commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-4</a>).<p><b>will be turned back in utter shame.</b><br>The consequence of idolatry is described as being "turned back in utter shame," indicating a reversal of fortune and public disgrace. This reflects the biblical principle that those who forsake God for idols will ultimately face humiliation and judgment. The prophetic literature often warns of such outcomes, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/2-26.htm">Jeremiah 2:26-28</a>, where idolaters are shamed when their false gods fail to save them. This phrase also foreshadows the ultimate vindication of God's sovereignty and the futility of idolatry, as seen in the eschatological visions of Revelation, where all false worship is judged and true worship is restored.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book that bears his name. He prophesied during the reigns of several kings of Judah and is known for his messages of both judgment and hope.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/idolaters.htm">Idolaters</a></b><br>The people being addressed in this verse are those who worship idols, turning away from the true God to serve man-made images.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/idols/molten_images.htm">Idols/Molten Images</a></b><br>These are the false gods made by human hands, often crafted from metal or wood, which people wrongly worship as deities.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, where Isaiah primarily ministered. The people of Judah often fell into idol worship, despite being God's chosen people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The event implied in this verse is the coming judgment upon those who forsake God for idols, resulting in their shame and disgrace.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_folly_of_idolatry.htm">The Folly of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is not just an ancient practice but a present danger. Anything that takes the place of God in our lives can become an idol.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_turning_from_god.htm">Consequences of Turning from God</a></b><br>Trusting in anything other than God leads to shame and disappointment. True security and fulfillment are found only in Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_call_to_repentance.htm">God's Call to Repentance</a></b><br>God desires that we turn away from idols and return to Him. Repentance restores our relationship with God and aligns us with His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_worshiping_the_true_god.htm">The Importance of Worshiping the True God</a></b><br>Worship should be directed solely to God, who is worthy of all honor and praise. This aligns our hearts with His truth and purpose.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Living in Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>Obedience to God's commandments, including the rejection of idols, is a demonstration of our love and commitment to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_42.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 42</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_catholics_engage_in_idolatry.htm">Do Catholics engage in idolatry?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_idolatry_mean.htm">What is the definition and meaning of idolatry?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_social_ethics.htm">Does God share His glory with others?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'put_off_the_old_man'_mean.htm">What was the purpose of the Second Council of Nicea?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/42.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">They shall be greatly ashamed . . .</span>--Manifestly the winding up of a section. The foretold victories of Cyrus shall bring shame and confusion on the worshippers of the idols which he, the representative of a purer faith, should overthrow.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/42.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They shall be turned back</span>, etc. While the people of God are led by God's hand through new paths, and are illumined with abundant light, and have their difficulties smoothed away from before them. their idolatrous oppressors will be "turned back" or suffer defeat, and be put to shame, finding no help from their idols, whose powerlessness will be openly shown, to the utter confusion of their votaries. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/42-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But those who trust</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבֹּטְחִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(hab·bō·ṭə·ḥîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_982.htm">Strong's 982: </a> </span><span class="str2">To trust, be confident, sure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in idols</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּפָּ֑סֶל</span> <span class="translit">(bap·pā·sel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6459.htm">Strong's 6459: </a> </span><span class="str2">An idol, image</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and say</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֹמְרִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ō·mə·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to molten images:</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַסֵּכָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mas·sê·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4541.htm">Strong's 4541: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pouring over, fusion of metal, a libation, league, a coverlet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘You</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתֶּ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are our gods!’</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be turned</span><br /><span class="heb">נָסֹ֤גוּ</span> <span class="translit">(nā·sō·ḡū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5472.htm">Strong's 5472: </a> </span><span class="str2">To move away, backslide</span><br /><br /><span class="word">back</span><br /><span class="heb">אָחוֹר֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḥō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_268.htm">Strong's 268: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hinder part, behind, backward, the West</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in utter</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹ֔שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(ḇō·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1322.htm">Strong's 1322: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shame, shameful thing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shame.</span><br /><span class="heb">יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yê·ḇō·šū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_954.htm">Strong's 954: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/42-17.htm">Isaiah 42:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/42-17.htm">Isaiah 42:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/42-17.htm">Isaiah 42:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/42-17.htm">Isaiah 42:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/42-17.htm">Isaiah 42:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/42-17.htm">Isaiah 42:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/42-17.htm">Isaiah 42:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/42-17.htm">Isaiah 42:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/42-17.htm">Isaiah 42:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/42-17.htm">Isaiah 42:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/42-17.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 42:17 Those who trust in engraved images who (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/42-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 42:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 42:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/42-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 42:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 42:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>