Isaiah 45:16

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They will all be ashamed and embarrassed; those who fashion idols will all be humiliated.

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  • Isa 42:17 : 17 Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images,‘You are our gods.’”
  • Isa 44:9 : 9 All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.
  • Isa 44:11 : 11 Look, all his associates will be put to shame; the craftsmen are mere humans. Let them all assemble and take their stand! They will panic and be put to shame.
  • Isa 45:20 : 20 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.
  • Jer 2:26-27 : 26 Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel will suffer dishonor for what they have done. So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets. 27 They say to a wooden idol,‘You are my father.’ They say to a stone image,‘You gave birth to me.’ Yes, they have turned away from me instead of turning to me. Yet when they are in trouble, they say,‘Come and save us!’
  • Jer 10:14-15 : 14 All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols. 15 They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.
  • Ps 97:7 : 7 All who worship idols are ashamed, those who boast about worthless idols. All the gods bow down before him.
  • Isa 41:19 : 19 I will make cedars, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees grow in the wilderness; I will make evergreens, firs, and cypresses grow together in the arid rift valley.

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  • Isa 44:9-11
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    82%

    9All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.

    10Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?

    11Look, all his associates will be put to shame; the craftsmen are mere humans. Let them all assemble and take their stand! They will panic and be put to shame.

  • Isa 42:17
    80%

    17Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images,‘You are our gods.’”

  • Ps 97:7
    79%

    7All who worship idols are ashamed, those who boast about worthless idols. All the gods bow down before him.

  • Ps 83:16-17
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    78%

    16Cover their faces with shame, so they might seek you, O LORD.

    17May they be humiliated and continually terrified! May they die in shame!

  • Isa 45:17
    77%

    17Israel will be delivered once and for all by the LORD; you will never again be ashamed or humiliated.

  • Isa 41:11
    77%

    11Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated; your adversaries will be reduced to nothing and perish.

  • Ps 135:18
    75%

    18Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

  • Jer 2:26
    75%

    26Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel will suffer dishonor for what they have done. So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets.

  • Isa 1:29
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    29Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees you find so desirable; you will be embarrassed because of the sacred orchards where you choose to worship.

  • Ps 115:8
    75%

    8Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

  • Ps 35:26
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    26May those who rejoice in my troubles be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation!

  • Mic 3:7
    74%

    7The prophets will be ashamed; the omen readers will be humiliated. All of them will cover their mouths, for they will receive no divine oracles.”

  • Jer 16:20
    74%

    20Can people make their own gods? No, what they make are not gods at all.”

  • Ps 40:14-15
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    74%

    14May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

    15May those who say to me,“Aha! Aha!” be humiliated and disgraced!

  • Ezek 16:54
    74%

    54so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in consoling them.

  • Mic 7:16
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    16Nations will see this and be disappointed by all their strength, they will put their hands over their mouths, and act as if they were deaf.

  • Jer 51:17-18
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    74%

    17All idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.

    18They are worthless, objects to be ridiculed. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

  • Jer 10:14-15
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    73%

    14All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.

    15They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

  • Ps 135:15
    73%

    15The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.

  • Ps 25:3
    73%

    3Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated.

  • Jer 6:15
    73%

    15Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things? No, they are not at all ashamed. They do not even know how to blush! So they will die, just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them,”says the LORD.

  • Ps 44:15
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    15All day long I feel humiliated and am overwhelmed with shame,

  • Isa 2:8
    72%

    8Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the product of their own hands, what their own fingers have fashioned.

  • Isa 2:18
    72%

    18The worthless idols will be completely eliminated.

  • Isa 45:15
    72%

    15Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden, O God of Israel, deliverer!

  • Jer 10:8
    72%

    8The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!

  • Isa 30:5
    72%

    5all will be put to shame because of a nation that cannot help them, who cannot give them aid or help, but only shame and disgrace.”

  • Job 6:20
    72%

    20They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed.

  • Isa 41:29
    72%

    29Look, all of them are nothing, their accomplishments are nonexistent; their metal images lack any real substance.

  • Ps 115:4
    72%

    4Their idols are made of silver and gold– they are man-made.

  • Jer 8:12
    72%

    12Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things? No, they are not at all ashamed! They do not even know how to blush! So they will die just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them, says the LORD.

  • Isa 31:7
    71%

    7For at that time everyone will get rid of the silver and gold idols your hands sinfully made.

  • Isa 45:20
    71%

    20Gather 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.

  • Jer 48:13
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    13The people of Moab will be disappointed by their god Chemosh. They will be as disappointed as the people of Israel were when they put their trust in the calf god at Bethel.

  • Zeph 2:11
    71%

    11The LORD will terrify them, for he will weaken all the gods of the earth. All the distant nations will worship the LORD in their own lands.

  • Zeph 3:11
    71%

    11In that day you will not be ashamed of all your rebelliousness against me, for then I will remove from your midst those who proudly boast, and you will never again be arrogant on my holy hill.

  • Isa 20:5
    71%

    5Those who put their hope in Cush and took pride in Egypt will be afraid and embarrassed.

  • Isa 30:3
    71%

    3But Pharaoh’s protection will bring you nothing but shame, and the safety of Egypt’s protective shade nothing but humiliation.

  • Ps 35:4
    70%

    4May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated! May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

  • Ps 69:6
    70%

    6Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me, O Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies! Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me, O God of Israel!

  • Jer 51:51
    70%

    51‘We are ashamed because we have been insulted. Our faces show our disgrace. For foreigners have invaded the holy rooms in the LORD’s temple.’

  • Ezek 39:26
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    26They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid.

  • Ps 70:2
    70%

    2May those who are trying to take my life be embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

  • Jer 8:9
    70%

    9Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the LORD’s message, what wisdom do they really have?