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They shall be put to shame, yes, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together who are makers of idols.
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The Folly of Idolatry
Commentators agree that this verse declares the inevitable outcome for those who create or trust in idols: shame and confusion. Their hopes will fail because they placed their trust in powerless objects instead of the one true God. As one scholar notes, this was historically fulfilled in the collapse of paganism as the Gospel spread.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They shall be ashamed and confounded - That is, they shall find all their hopes fail, and shall be suffused with shame that they we…
19th Century
Baptist
They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. But Israel shall be save…
16th Century
Protestant
And 17. They shall all be put to shame. Here the Prophet compares the Jews with the Gentiles, in order to meet a grievous and dange…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them. This refers not to any persons spoken of before; not to Israel o…
Believers may ask in prayer for what they need; if it is for their good, it will not be withheld. But how common it is to hear God called to accoun…
