17 They will be turned back and be (A)utterly put to shame,
Who trust in [a]idols,
Who say to cast metal images,
“You are our gods.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:17 Or carved images

17 But those who trust in idols,
    who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’(A)
    will be turned back in utter shame.(B)

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The Foolishness of Idolatry

Those who fashion an idol are all futile, and their treasured things are of no benefit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be (A)put to shame.

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All who make idols(A) are nothing,
    and the things they treasure are worthless.(B)
Those who would speak up for them are blind;(C)
    they are ignorant, to their own shame.(D)

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11 Behold, all his companions will be (A)put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are mere men. Let them all assemble themselves, let them stand up, let them tremble, let them be put to shame together.

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11 People who do that will be put to shame;(A)
    such craftsmen are only human beings.
Let them all come together and take their stand;
    they will be brought down to terror and shame.(B)

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Hear the word of the Lord, you who (A)tremble at His word:
“Your brothers who (B)hate you, who (C)exclude you on account of My name,
Have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, so that we may see your joy.’
But (D)they will be put to shame.

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Hear the word of the Lord,
    you who tremble at his word:(A)
“Your own people who hate(B) you,
    and exclude you because of my name, have said,
‘Let the Lord be glorified,
    that we may see your joy!’
    Yet they will be put to shame.(C)

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