Isaiah 44:11

Behold, all its chaverim shall be ashamed; and the charashim (craftsmen), they are only adam; let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

In Context

10Who hath formed el (g-d), or molded a pesel to no profit?

12The charash barzel (ironsmith) with his ma'atzad (chizel) both worketh in the red-hot coals, and formeth it with hammers, and forgeth it with his zero'a ko'ach and also, he is hungry, and his ko'ach faileth; he drinketh no mayim, and grows faint.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:28And there ye shall serve elohim, the work of menʼs hands, etz (wood) and even (stone), which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

Judges 16:23Then rulers of the Pelishtim gathered them together for to offer a zevach gadol unto Dagon eloheihem, and to rejoice; for they said, eloheinu hath delivered Shimshon oyveinu (our enemy) into our yad.

1 Samuel 6:4Then they said, What shall be the asham (trespass offering) which we shall return to Him? They answered, Five techorim of zahav, and five akhbarim (rats) of zahav, according to the number of rulers of the Pelishtim: for one magefah (plague) was on you all, and on your rulers.

1 Kings 18:40And Eliyahu said unto them, Seize the nevi'im of Ba'al; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Eliyahu brought them down to the Brook Kishon, and slaughtered them there.

Isaiah 1:29For they shall be ashamed 1 of the sacred oaks which ye have delighted in, 1 and ye shall blush 1 for the gannot (gardens) that ye have chosen. 1

Isaiah 42:17They 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

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 44:10-21

The Folly of Idolatry. ( b. c. 708.) 9 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. 10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? 11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. 12 The smith with the… Read the whole commentary →

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