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They will be turnedנָסֹגוּback,אָחוֹרthey will be utterly put to shame,יֵבֹשׁוּ בֹשֶׁתthose who trustהַבֹּטְחִיםin the carved image,בַּפָּסֶלwho sayהָאֹמְרִיםto the cast image,לְמַסֵּכָה‘Youאַתֶּםare our gods.’אֱלֹהֵינוּ
Isaiah 42:17
Study it in the app“They will be turned back, they will be utterly put to shame, those who trust in the carved image, who say to the cast image, ‘You are our gods.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 42:17, word by word
- They will be turnedנָסֹגוּnasogu
turn back, draw back
To turn back, to draw back: to turn away from a path or from someone.
Where else “nasogu” appears- backאָחוֹרachor
behind
The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.
Where else “achor” appears- they will be utterly put to shameיֵבֹשׁוּyevoshu
be disappointed
To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.
Where else “yevoshu” appears- they will be utterly put to shameבֹשֶׁתvoshet
shame
The shame one suffers, or what causes it.
Where else “voshet” appears- those who trustבֹּטְחִיםbotchim
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “botchim” appears- in the carved imageפָּסֶלpasel
carved image
Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.
Where else “pasel” appears- who sayאֹמְרִיםomrim
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omrim” appears- to the cast imageמַסֵּכָהmasecha
cast image
An idol made of melted metal.
Where else “masecha” appears- are our gods.’אֱלֹהֵיelohe
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appears
The context
16And I will lead the blind by a way that they have not known; in paths that they have not known I will make them tread; I will make the dark places before them into light, and the crooked places into a plain. These things I will do, and I will not abandon them.
17 · This verse (above)
18You deaf, hear; and you blind, look to see.