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Isaiah 44:9 Interlinear

They that make a graven image are all of them vanity and their delectable things shall not profit and they are their own witnesses they see not nor know that they may be ashamed

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1יֹֽצְרֵיH3335They that maketo mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e., form a resolution)
2פֶ֤סֶלH6459a graven imagean idol
3כֻּלָּם֙H3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
4תֹּ֔הוּH8414are all of them vanitya desolation (of surface), i.e., desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
5וַחֲמוּדֵיהֶ֖םH2530and their delectable thingsto delight in
6בַּלH1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
7יוֹעִ֑ילוּH3276shall not profitproperly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
8וְעֵדֵיהֶ֣םH5707and they are their own witnessesconcretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e., prince
9הֵׄ֗מָּׄהׄH1992they (only used when emphatic)
10בַּלH1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
11יִרְא֛וּH7200they seeto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
12וּבַלH1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
13יֵדְע֖וּH3045not nor knowto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
14לְמַ֥עַןH4616properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
15יֵבֹֽשׁוּ׃H954that they may be ashamedproperly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed

Verse Context

Isaiah 44:8 Fear ye not neither be afraid thee from that time...
Isaiah 44:9 (current)They that make a graven image are all of them vanity and their delectable things shall not profit and they are their own witnesses they see not nor know that they may be ashamed
Isaiah 44:10 Who hath formed a god a graven image or molten for nothing...

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