Focused Passage

Isaiah 46:5-7

The LORD Carries His People While Idols Must Be Carried

From the humiliation of Babylon’s gods, to the LORD’s lifelong care for Israel, to the exposure of idolatry’s irrationality, to the certainty of God’s declared purpose and near salvation.

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5 To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?

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.

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.

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Verse 5

Original words

To whom לְמִ֥י H4310 Preposition-l | Interrogative will you liken Me תְדַמְי֖וּנִי H1819 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | first person common singular or count Me equal וְתַשְׁו֑וּ H7737 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine plural To whom will you compare Me וְתַמְשִׁל֖וּנִי H4911 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine plural | first person common singular that we should be alike וְנִדְמֶֽה׃ H1819 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common plural
Verse 6

Original words

They pour out הַזָּלִ֤ים H2107 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural their bags מִכִּ֔יס H3599 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular of gold זָהָב֙ H2091 Noun - masculine singular and weigh out יִשְׁקֹ֑לוּ H8254 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural silver וְכֶ֖סֶף H3701 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular on scales בַּקָּנֶ֣ה H7070 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular they hire יִשְׂכְּר֤וּ H7936 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural a goldsmith צוֹרֵף֙ H6884 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular to fashion it וְיַעֲשֵׂ֣הוּ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular into a god אֵ֔ל H410 Noun - masculine singular so they can bow down יִסְגְּד֖וּ H5456 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural and אַף־ H637 Conjunction worship יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃ H7812 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Verse 7

Original words

They lift יִ֠שָּׂאֻהוּ H5375 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular it to עַל־ H5921 Preposition their shoulder כָּתֵ֨ף H3802 Noun - feminine singular and carry it along יִסְבְּלֻ֜הוּ H5445 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular they set וְיַנִּיחֻ֤הוּ H5117 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular it in its place תַחְתָּיו֙ H8478 Preposition | third person masculine singular and there it stands וְיַֽעֲמֹ֔ד H5975 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle budging יָמִ֑ישׁ H4185 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular from אַף־ H637 Conjunction that spot מִמְּקוֹמ֖וֹ H4725 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular They cry out יִצְעַ֤ק H6817 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular to it אֵלָיו֙ H413 Preposition | third person masculine singular but it does not וְלֹ֣א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle answer יַעֲנֶ֔ה H6030 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular it saves יוֹשִׁיעֶֽנּוּ׃ס H3467 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular no one לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle from his troubles מִצָּרָת֖וֹ H6869 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular

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