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Isaiah 45:20

Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הִקָּבְצ֥וּhi.ka.ve.Tzugather togetherH6908 →
וָבֹ֛אוּva.Vo.'uand comeH935 →
הִֽתְנַגְּשׁ֥וּhit.na.ge.Shudraw nearH5066 →
יַחְדָּ֖וyach.DavtogetherH3162 →
פְּלִיטֵ֣יpe.li.TeiO fugitives ofH6412 →
הַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
יָדְע֗וּya.de.'Uthey knowH3045 →
הַנֹּֽשְׂאִים֙ha.no.se.'Imthose [who] carryH5375 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עֵ֣ץ'etz[the] wood ofH6086 →
פִּסְלָ֔םpis.Lamidol theirH6459 →
וּמִתְפַּלְלִ֔יםu.mit.pa.Limand [those who] prayH6419 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
אֵ֖ל'ela godH410 →
לֹ֥אlo'[which] notH3808 →
יוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃yo.Shi.a'it will saveH3467 →

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Isaiah 44:18They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.Isaiah 46:7They 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.Jeremiah 10:3For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.Isaiah 44:17–20From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”Isaiah 43:9All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”Jeremiah 10:5Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”Jeremiah 2:28But 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.Isaiah 4:2On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.Isaiah 46:1Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.Isaiah 44:19And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”Habakkuk 2:18What 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.Isaiah 44:9All 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.Psalms 115:8Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.Psalms 14:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.1 Samuel 12:21Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.Deuteronomy 4:28And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.Isaiah 44:17From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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