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Isaiah 45:16

45:15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.

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They will be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them. Those who are makers of idols will go into confusion together.

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

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

45:17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

What does Isaiah 45:16 mean?

Isaiah 45:16 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בּוּשׁ (bûwsh), כָּלַם (kâlam), הָלַךְ (hâlak). It connects to 17 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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They
shall
be
ashamed,בּוּשׁbûwsh/boosh/H954properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
and
also
confounded,כָּלַםkâlam/kaw-lawm'/H3637properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
all
of
them:
they
shall
goהָלַךְhâlak/haw-lak'/H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
to
confusionכְּלִמָּהkᵉlimmâh/kel-im-maw'/H3639disgrace
togetherיַחַדyachad/yakh'-ad/H3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
that
are
makersחָרָשׁchârâsh/khaw-rawsh'/H2796a fabricator or any material
of
idols.צִירtsîyr/tseer/H6736a form (of beauty; as if pressed out, i.e. carved); hence, an (idolatrous) image

Commentary on Isaiah 45:16

HENRY_FULL · Isaiah 45:16
s here said to be of use to him for the pumping of other people, and diving into them, 1. To get the knowledge of them. Though men's counsels and designs are ever so carefully concealed by them, so that they are as deep water which one cannot fathom, yet there are those who by sly insinuations, and questions that seem foreign, will get out of them both what they have done and what they intend to do. Those therefore who would keep counsel must not only put on resolution, but stand upon their guard. 2. To get knowledge by them. Some are very able and fit to give counsel, having an excellent faculty of cleaving a hair, hitting the joint of a difficulty, and advising pertinently, but they are modest, and reserved, and not communicative; they have a great deal in them, but it is loth to come out. In such a case a man of understanding will draw it out, as wine out of a vessel. We lose the benefit we might have by the conversation of wise men for want of the art of being inquisitive. 6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? Note, 1. It is easy to find those that will pret

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 17:7

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

Psalms 15:2

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

Psalms 26:1

A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.

Psalms 26:11

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

Psalms 37:26

He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. ever: Heb. all the day

Isaiah 13:22

And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. the wild: Heb. Iim desolate: or, palaces

Isaiah 14:2

And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. whose: Heb. that had taken them captives

Isaiah 19:1

The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

Isaiah 33:15

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; righteously: Heb. in righteousnesses uprightly: Heb. uprightnesses oppressions: or, deceits blood: Heb. bloods

Jeremiah 32:39

And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: for ever: Heb. all days

Luke 1:6

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Acts 2:39

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

Titus 2:11

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, hath: or, to all men, hath appeared

Titus 2:12

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly righteously, and godly, in this present world;

3 John 1:3

For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

3 John 1:4

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 45:16.

Ezekiel 16:54

That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

Ezra 9:6

And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. trespass: or, guiltiness

Job 19:3

These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. make: or, harden yourselves against me

Psalms 35:26

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

Psalms 35:4

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Psalms 40:14

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

Psalms 69:6

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

Psalms 70:2

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

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What does Isaiah 45:16 say?

Isaiah 45:16 (King James Version) reads: "They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols."

Is Isaiah 45:16 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 45:16 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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