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Isaiah 41:24

41:23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you. of nothing: or, worse than nothing of nought: or, worse than of a viper

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Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.

Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of nothing: an abomination is he that chooses you.

41:25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

What does Isaiah 41:24 mean?

Isaiah 41:24 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אַיִן (ʼayin), פֹּעַל (pôʻal), אֵפַע (ʼêphaʻ).

Hebrew interlinear

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Behold,
ye
are
of
nothing,אַיִןʼayin/ah'-yin/H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
and
your
workפֹּעַלpôʻal/po'-al/H6467an act or work (concretely)
of
nought:אֵפַעʼêphaʻ/eh'-fah/H659properly, a breath, i.e. nothing
an
abominationתּוֹעֵבַהtôwʻêbah/to-ay-baw'/H8441properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
is
he
that
choosethבָּחַרbâchar/baw-khar'/H977properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
you.
of
nothing:
or,
worse
than
nothing
of
nought:
or,
worse
than
of
a
viper

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Idolatry

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What does Isaiah 41:24 say?

Isaiah 41:24 (King James Version) reads: "Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you. of nothing: or, worse than nothing of nought: or, worse than of a viper"

Is Isaiah 41:24 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 41:24 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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