Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Gather together and come; assemble, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood, who pray to gods that cannot save. New Living Translation “Gather together and come, you fugitives from surrounding nations. What fools they are who carry around their wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save! English Standard Version “Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save. Berean Standard Bible Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save. King James Bible Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. New King James Version “Assemble yourselves and come; Draw near together, You who have escaped from the nations. They have no knowledge, Who carry the wood of their carved image, And pray to a god that cannot save. New American Standard Bible “Gather yourselves and come; Come together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge, Who carry around their wooden idol And pray to a god who cannot save. NASB 1995 “Gather yourselves and come; Draw near together, you fugitives of the nations; They have no knowledge, Who carry about their wooden idol And pray to a god who cannot save. NASB 1977 “Gather yourselves and come; Draw near together, you fugitives of the nations; They have no knowledge, Who carry about their wooden idol, And pray to a god who cannot save. Legacy Standard Bible “Gather yourselves and come; Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations; They do not know, Who carry about their graven image of wood And pray to a god who cannot save. Amplified Bible “Assemble yourselves and come; Come together, you survivors of the nations! They are ignorant, Who carry around their wooden idols [in religious processions or into battle] And keep on praying to a god that cannot save them. Christian Standard Bible “Come, gather together, and approach, you fugitives of the nations. Those who carry their wooden idols and pray to a god who cannot save have no knowledge. Holman Christian Standard Bible Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives of the nations. Those who carry their wooden idols, and pray to a god who cannot save, have no knowledge. American Standard Version Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Be gathered and come and be brought near as one, those who are saved from the nations. And they have not known, whoever takes up carved wood images, and they prayed to a god that does not save Brenton Septuagint Translation Assemble yourselves and come; take counsel together, ye that escape of the nations: they that set up wood, even their graven image, have no knowledge, nor they who pray to gods that do not save. Contemporary English Version to every survivor from every nation: "Gather around me! Learn how senseless it is to worship wooden idols or pray to helpless gods. Douay-Rheims Bible Assemble yourselves, and come, and draw near together, ye that are saved of the Gentiles: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven work, and pray to a god that cannot save. English Revised Version Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. GOD'S WORD® Translation Come here, you refugees from the nations. Ignorant people carry wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save [anyone]. Good News Translation The LORD says, "Come together, people of the nations, all who survive the fall of the empire; present yourselves for the trial! The people who parade with their idols of wood and pray to gods that cannot save them--those people know nothing at all! International Standard Version "Gather together and come; draw near and enter, your fugitives from the nations. Those who carry around their wooden idols know nothing, nor do those who keep praying to a god that cannot save. JPS Tanakh 1917 Assemble yourselves and come, draw near together, Ye that are escaped of the nations; They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, And pray unto a god that cannot save. Literal Standard Version Be gathered, and come in, | Come near together, you escaped of the nations, | They have not known, | Who are lifting up the wood of their carved image, | And praying to a god [that] does not save. Majority Standard Bible Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save. New American Bible Come and assemble, gather together, you fugitives from among the nations! They are without knowledge who bear wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save. NET Bible Gather together and come! Approach together, you refugees from the nations! Those who carry wooden idols know nothing, those who pray to a god that cannot deliver. New Revised Standard Version Assemble yourselves and come together, draw near, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge— those who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save. New Heart English Bible Assemble yourselves and come. Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations. Those have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can't save. Webster's Bible Translation Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that have escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray to a god that cannot save. World English Bible “Assemble yourselves and come. Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations. Those have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can’t save. Young's Literal Translation Be gathered, and come in, Come nigh together, ye escaped of the nations, They have not known, Who are lifting up the wood of their graven image, And praying unto a god that saveth not. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Calls Cyrus…19I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right. 20Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save. 21Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.… Cross References Isaiah 43:9 All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, "It is true." Isaiah 44:17 From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, "Save me, for you are my god." Isaiah 44:18 They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand. Isaiah 44:19 And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, "I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?" Isaiah 46:1 Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal. Isaiah 46:6 They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship. Isaiah 46:7 They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles. Treasury of Scripture Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray to a god that cannot save. yourself Isaiah 41:5,6,21 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came… Isaiah 43:9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. escaped Isaiah 4:2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. Jeremiah 25:15-29 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it… Jeremiah 50:28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. they Isaiah 42:17,18 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… Isaiah 44:17-20 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god… Isaiah 46:7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. Jump to Previous Assemble Carry Draw Engraved Escaped Fugitives Gather Gathered Graven Idols Image Nations Nigh Prayer Praying Save Saveth Survivors Together Wood Wooden YourselvesJump to Next Assemble Carry Draw Engraved Escaped Fugitives Gather Gathered Graven Idols Image Nations Nigh Prayer Praying Save Saveth Survivors Together Wood Wooden YourselvesIsaiah 45 1. God calls Cyrus for his church's sake5. By his omnipotence he challenges obedience 20. He convinces the idols of vanity by his saving power (20) Ye that are escaped of the nations.--Primarily, the words point to the survivors of the conquests of Cyrus, who are contemplated as acknowledging the God of Israel. Ultimately the words find their fulfilment in the conversion of the heathen to the true anointed of Jehovah, of whom Cyrus was a type. They will bear witness from their experience to the vanity of idols. They will learn that it does not avail to set up (or carry) their idols in religious processions (Jeremiah 10:5; Amos 5:26; 1Samuel 4:4).Verse 20. - Assemble yourselves and come... ye... escaped of the nations. The prophet reverts to the main idea of the section, which is the conversion of the Gentiles, and calls on all "the escaped of the nation" - i.e. all who have survived the judgments of the time - to "assemble and come," to consider the claims of Jehovah to be the only true God, to "look to him (ver. 22) and be saved." The great judgments through which the heathen will be brought to God have been frequently mentioned (Isaiah 24:1-23; Isaiah 26:20, 21; Isaiah 27:1-7; Isaiah 30:27-33; Isaiah 34:1-10; Isaiah 40:24; Isaiah 41:11, 12, 25; Isaiah 42:13-15, etc.). They must not be regarded as limited to the time of Cyrus, but rather as continuing into the Messianic period, and indeed nearly to its close (see especially ch. 34.). Each one of them constitutes a call to the nations, and is followed by a conversion to a greater or less extent. They have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image; rather, who lift up (or, carry) the wood of their graven image (comp. Isaiah 46:7, "They bear him upon the shoulder," where the same verb is used). It was a practice of the idolatrous heathen to carry the images of their gods in processions, generally exposed to view upon their shoulders (Layard, 'Nineveh and its Remains,' vol. 2. opp. p. 451), but sometimes partially concealed in shrines, or "arks" (Rawlinson, 'Herodotus,' vol. 2. pp. 100, 101). There would be still among the "escaped" some who would so act. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Come,וָבֹ֛אוּ (wā·ḇō·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go gather together, הִקָּבְצ֥וּ (hiq·qā·ḇə·ṣū) Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 6908: To gather, collect and draw near, הִֽתְנַגְּשׁ֥וּ (hiṯ·nag·gə·šū) Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5066: To draw near, approach you fugitives פְּלִיטֵ֣י (pə·lî·ṭê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 6412: Escaped one, fugitive of the nations. הַגּוֹיִ֑ם (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts Ignorant [are] יָדְע֗וּ (yā·ḏə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3045: To know those who carry הַנֹּֽשְׂאִים֙ (han·nō·śə·’îm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take idols פִּסְלָ֔ם (pis·lām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 6459: An idol, image of wood עֵ֣ץ (‘êṣ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood and pray וּמִתְפַּלְלִ֔ים (ū·miṯ·pal·lîm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 6419: To judge, to intercede, pray to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to a god אֵ֖ל (’êl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty that cannot לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no save. יוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ (yō·wō·šî·a‘) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor Links Isaiah 45:20 NIVIsaiah 45:20 NLT Isaiah 45:20 ESV Isaiah 45:20 NASB Isaiah 45:20 KJV Isaiah 45:20 BibleApps.com Isaiah 45:20 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 45:20 Chinese Bible Isaiah 45:20 French Bible Isaiah 45:20 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 45:20 Assemble yourselves and come (Isa Isi Is) |
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