And the people who made the statues\par will become just like them!\par Why? Because they trusted those statues\par to help them.\par
Isaiah 42:17 - Easy To Read Version But some of the people\par stopped following me.\par Those people have statues\par that are covered with gold.\par They tell those statues,\par ‘You are my gods.’\par Those people trust their false gods.\par But those people will be disappointed!\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly put to shame, who trust in graven images, who say to molten images, You are our gods. American Standard Version (1901) They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly put to shame, that trust in graven images, that say unto molten images, Ye are our gods. Common English Bible Turned backward, utterly shamed are those who trust in idols, who say to a cast image, “You are our god!” Catholic Public Domain Version They have been converted again. Let those who trust in graven idols be greatly confounded, for they say to a molten thing, "You are our god." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They are turned back. Let them be greatly confounded that trust in a graven thing, that say to a molten thing: You are our god. |
And the people who made the statues\par will become just like them!\par Why? Because they trusted those statues\par to help them.\par
People worship their idols.\par They brag about their “gods.”\par But those people will be embarrassed.\par Their “gods” will bow down\par and worship the Lord.\par
Aaron took the gold from the people. Then he used it to make a statue of a calf. Aaron used a chisel to carve the statue, {and then he covered it with gold}.
They have very quickly turned away from the things I commanded them to do. They made a calf from melted gold for themselves. They are worshiping that calf and making sacrifices [327] to it. The people have said, ‘Israel, these are the gods that led you out of Egypt.’”
Workers made those gods! And all those workers are people—\{not gods\}. If all of those people would come together \{and discuss these things\}, then they would all be ashamed and afraid.
But a little wood is left, so the man makes a statue from that wood and calls it his god. He bows down before this god and worships it. The man prays to the god and says, “You are my god, save me!”
Some people make statues (false gods)—but they are worthless. People love those statues—but the statues are useless. Those people are the witnesses of the statues—but they can’t see. They know nothing—they don’t know enough to be ashamed \{of the things they do\}.
So the Lord my Master said these things.\par “My servants will eat,\par but you evil people will be hungry.\par My servants will drink,\par but you evil people will be thirsty.\par My servants will be happy,\par but you evil people will be shamed.\par
What do I see?\par That army is scared.\par The soldiers are running away.\par Their brave soldiers are defeated.\par They run away in a hurry.\par They don’t look back.\par There is danger all around.”\par The Lord said these things.\par