King James Version
Isaiah 45:16 in the King James Version says “They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 45 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.”
Isaiah 45:16 · KJV
Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
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.
But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They shall be ashamed”
H954properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“and also confounded”
H3637properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all of them they shall go”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“of idols”
H6736a form (of beauty; as if pressed out, i.e., carved); hence, an (idolatrous) image
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