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Isaiah 45

Isa. 45:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Assemble
qabats (Hebrew #6908)
to grasp, i.e. collect
KJV usage: assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, X surely, take up.
Pronounce: kaw-bats'
Origin: a primitive root
yourselves and come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
; draw near
nagash (Hebrew #5066)
to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; relig. to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back
KJV usage: (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.
Pronounce: naw-gash'
Origin: a primitive root
together
yachad (Hebrew #3162)
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
KJV usage: alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-)together, withal.
Pronounce: yakh'-ad
Origin: from 3161
, ye that are escaped
paliyt (Hebrew #6412)
or palet {paw-late'}; from 6403; a refugee
KJV usage: (that have) escape(-d, -th), fugitive.
Pronounce: paw-leet'
Origin: or paleyt {paw-late'}
of the nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
d: they have no knowledge
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
that set up
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
the wood
`ets (Hebrew #6086)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
KJV usage: + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Pronounce: ates
Origin: from 6095
of their graven image
pecel (Hebrew #6459)
an idol
KJV usage: carved (graven) image.
Pronounce: peh'-sel
Origin: from 6458
, and pray
palal (Hebrew #6419)
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
KJV usage: intreat, judge(-ment), (make) pray(-er, -ing), make supplication.
Pronounce: paw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
unto a god
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
that cannot save
yasha` (Hebrew #3467)
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
KJV usage: X at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Pronounce: yaw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
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Eph. 2:12‑16• 12that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
 13but now in Christ Jesus ye that were once far off have become nigh by the blood of the Christ.
 14For he is our peace that made both one, and broke down the middle wall of the fence,
 15having annulled the enmity in his flesh, the law of the commandments in ordinances, that he might create the two in himself into one new man, making peace,
 16and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it. (Eph. 2:12‑16)

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Ministry on This Verse

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yourselves.
Isa. 41:5‑6,21• 5The isles saw [it] and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
 6They helped every one his neighbour, and [each] said to his brother, Be of good courage.
 21Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forth your strong [reasons] saith the King of Jacob. (Isa. 41:5‑6,21)
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Isa. 43:9• 9Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them declareth this, and showeth us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, [It is] truth. (Isa. 43:9)
escaped.
Isa. 4:2• 2In that day shall the Branch of Jehovah be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. (Isa. 4:2)
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Jer. 25:15‑29• 15For thus saith Jehovah 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.
 16And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
 17Then took I the cup at Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me.
 18To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing and a curse as it is this day;
 19Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
 20and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Uzzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
 21Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
 22and all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
 23Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
 24and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
 25and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
 26and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
 27Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
 28And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
 29For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Jer. 25:15‑29)
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Jer. 50:28• 28The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God, the vengeance of his temple. (Jer. 50:28)
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Jer. 51:6‑9• 6Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of Jehovah's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
 7Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
 8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
 9We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. (Jer. 51:6‑9)
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Eph. 2:12,16• 12that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
 16and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it. (Eph. 2:12,16)
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Rev. 18:3‑18• 3For of the wine of the fury of her fornication all the nations drank, and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth became rich by the power of her luxury.
 4And I heard another voice out of the heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:
 5for her sins have reached unto the heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
 6Render to her as she also rendered, and double [the] double according to her works: in the cup which she mixed mix to her double.
 7How much she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and mourning give her. Because in her heart she saith, I sit a queen and am no widow and shall in no wise see mourning;
 8therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death and mourning and famine; and she shall be utterly burnt with fire: for strong {i}is{/i} the Lord God that judged her.
 9And the kings of the earth that committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her shall weep and wail on account of her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
 10standing afar off because of the fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour came thy judgment.
 11And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn on account of her; for their lading no one buyeth anymore—a
 12lading of gold and of silver and of precious stone and of pearl and of fine linen and of purple and of silk and of scarlet; and all thyine wood and all furniture of ivory and all furniture of most precious wood, and of brass and of iron and of marble;
 13and cinnamon and amomum and incense and unguent and frankincense and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and of horses and of chariots and of bodies and souls of men.
 14And the fruits of the desire of thy soul have departed from thee, and all the sumptuous and the bright things have perished from thee, and never shall they find them anymore.
 15The merchants of these things that became rich by her shall stand afar off because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,
 16saying, Woe, woe, the great city, that was clothed with fine linen and purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls!
 17for in one hour were so great riches made desolate. And every pilot and every voyager and sailors and as many as trade by the sea stood afar off,
 18and cried, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, What {i}city is{/i} like the great city! (Rev. 18:3‑18)
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Isa. 42:17‑18• 17They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, [Ye are] our gods.
 18Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. (Isa. 42:17‑18)
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Isa. 44:17‑20• 17And with the residue thereof he maketh a god, his graven image; he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth [it], and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou [art] my god.
 18They have no knowledge and understand not: for he hath plastered their eyes, that they see not; [and] their hearts that they understand not.
 19And none taketh it to his heart, neither [is there] knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and also have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it]: and with the residue thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood?
 20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand? (Isa. 44:17‑20)
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Isa. 46:7• 7They 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. (Isa. 46:7)
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Isa. 48:7• 7They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. (Isa. 48:7)
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1 Kings 18:26‑29• 26{i}And they took the bullock which had been given them, and sacrificed it,{/i} and they called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
 27And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
 28And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
 29And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice that there was neither voice nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. (1 Kings 18:26‑29)
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Psa. 115:8• 8Like them are those making them,{HR}Every one who confideth in them. (Psa. 115:8)
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Jer. 2:27‑28• 27{i}saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth; for they have turned the back unto me, and not the face; and in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us!{/i}
 28{i}Where then are thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for as the number of thy cities, are thy gods, O Judah.{/i} (Jer. 2:27‑28)
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Jer. 10:8,14• 8{i}But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.{/i}
 14{i}Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.{/i} (Jer. 10:8,14)
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Jer. 51:17‑18• 17Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
 18They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. (Jer. 51:17‑18)
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Hab. 2:18‑20• 18{i}What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?{/i}
 19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
 20{i}But{/i} Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. (Hab. 2:18‑20)
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Rom. 1:21‑23• 21Because, having known God, they glorified him not as God nor were thankful, but became vain in their thoughts, and their heart void of understanding was darkened.
 22Professing to be wise, they became fools,
 23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for a likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of winged and four-footed and creeping [creatures]. (Rom. 1:21‑23)
• But not only Israel is in view but Gentiles also, as verse 20 shows. The call is to those that are “escaped of the nations”, which shows that judgment will fall on the nations, and only those that escape it will enter into the blessing that is promised, just as it is only the remnant of Israel that will be saved. The nations had been full of idolatry, praying to “a god that cannot save”, so they are called, that they may know a God who can save. (“Isaiah 45:14-49:4” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Gather 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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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.