Isaiah 42:17
They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, 1 that trust in pesel, 1 that say to the masekhah (molten images): 1 You (plural) are eloheinu (our g-ds). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18Hear, ye chereshim (deaf people); 1 and look, ye ivrim (blind people) that ye may see. 1
Cross References
Exodus 32:8They have turned aside quickly from HaDerech which I commanded them; they have made them an Egel Masekhah, and have bowed down to it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy elohim, O Yisroel, which have brought thee up out of the Eretz Mitzrayim.
Psalms 135:18They that oseihem (make them) will be like them; 1 so is every one that trusteth in them. 1
Isaiah 44:9They that make a pesel are all of them tohu; and their chamudim (favorite [idols]) are worthless; and they + 44:9 the idols are their own edim; they + 44:9 the idols see not, nor know; so that they + 44:9 the idol people are put to shame.
Isaiah 44:17And the shererit thereof he maketh el, even his pesel; he falleth down unto it, and boweth down in worship to it, and davens unto it, and saith, Save me; for thou art Eli!
Jeremiah 2:26As the ganav is ashamed when he is caught, 1 so is the Bais Yisroel ashamed; 1 they, their melachim, their sarim, 1 and their kohanim, and their nevi'im. 1
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 42:14-18
Judgment and Mercy. ( b. c. 708.) 13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. 14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. 15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that… Read the whole commentary →