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

6They 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.

7They 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 whomלְמִ֥יH4310Preposition-l | Interrogativewill you liken Meתְדַמְי֖וּנִיH1819Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | first person common singularor count Me equalוְתַשְׁו֑וּH7737Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine pluralTo whom will you compare Meוְתַמְשִׁל֖וּנִיH4911Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine plural | first person common singularthat we should be alikeוְנִדְמֶֽה׃H1819Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common plural
Verse 6

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They pour outהַזָּלִ֤יםH2107Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluraltheir bagsמִכִּ֔יסH3599Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singularof goldזָהָב֙H2091Noun - masculine singularand weigh outיִשְׁקֹ֑לוּH8254Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralsilverוְכֶ֖סֶףH3701Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularon scalesבַּקָּנֶ֣הH7070Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularthey hireיִשְׂכְּר֤וּH7936Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plurala goldsmithצוֹרֵף֙H6884Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularto fashion itוְיַעֲשֵׂ֣הוּH6213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singularinto a godאֵ֔לH410Noun - masculine singularso they can bow downיִסְגְּד֖וּH5456Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralandאַף־H637Conjunctionworshipיִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃H7812Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Verse 7

Original words

They liftיִ֠שָּׂאֻהוּH5375Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singularit toעַל־H5921Prepositiontheir shoulderכָּתֵ֨ףH3802Noun - feminine singularand carry it alongיִסְבְּלֻ֜הוּH5445Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singularthey setוְיַנִּיחֻ֤הוּH5117Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singularit in its placeתַחְתָּיו֙H8478Preposition | third person masculine singularand there it standsוְיַֽעֲמֹ֔דH5975Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singularnotלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particlebudgingיָמִ֑ישׁH4185Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singularfromאַף־H637Conjunctionthat spotמִמְּקוֹמ֖וֹH4725Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularThey cry outיִצְעַ֤קH6817Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularto itאֵלָיו֙H413Preposition | third person masculine singularbut it does notוְלֹ֣אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleanswerיַעֲנֶ֔הH6030Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularit savesיוֹשִׁיעֶֽנּוּ׃סH3467Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singularno oneלֹ֥אH3808Adverb - Negative particlefrom his troublesמִצָּרָת֖וֹH6869Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular

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