Isaiah 45:20 Cross References

Isaiah 45:20

20: "Gather together and come, you fugitives from surrounding nations. What fools they are who carry around their wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save!

Jeremiah 10:5

  1. There stands their god like a helpless scarecrow in a garden! It cannot speak, and it needs to be carried because it cannot walk. Do not be afraid of such gods, for they can neither harm you nor do you any good."

Isaiah 43:9

  1. Gather the nations together! Which of their idols has ever foretold such things? Can any of them predict something even a single day in advance? Where are the witnesses of such predictions? Who can verify that they spoke the truth?

Isaiah 46:1

  1. The idols of Babylon, Bel and Nebo, are being hauled away on ox carts. But look! The beasts are staggering under the weight!

Isaiah 44:17

  1. Then he takes what's left and makes his god: a carved idol! He falls down in front of it, worshiping and praying to it. "Rescue me!" he says. "You are my god!"
  2. Such stupidity and ignorance! Their eyes are closed, and they cannot see. Their minds are shut, and they cannot think.
  3. The person who made the idol never stops to reflect, "Why, it's just a block of wood! I burned half of it for heat and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat. How can the rest of it be a god? Should I bow down to worship a chunk of wood?"
  4. The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He is trusting something that can give him no help at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, "Is this thing, this idol that I'm holding in my hand, a lie?"

Psalms 115:8

  1. And those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them.

Isaiah 48:5

  1. That is why I told you ahead of time what I was going to do. That way, you could never say, `My idols did it. My wooden image and metal god commanded it to happen!'
  2. You have heard my predictions and seen them fulfilled, but you refuse to admit it. Now I will tell you new things I have not mentioned before, secrets you have not yet heard.
  3. They are brand new, not things from the past. So you cannot say, `We knew that all the time!'

Jeremiah 50:28

  1. Listen to the people who have escaped from Babylon, as they declare in Jerusalem how the LORD our God has taken vengeance against those who destroyed his Temple.

Isaiah 46:6

  1. Some people pour out their silver and gold and hire a craftsman to make a god from it. Then they bow down and worship it!
  2. They carry it around on their shoulders, and when they set it down, it stays there. It cannot even move! And when someone prays to it, there is no answer. It has no power to get anyone out of trouble.

Isaiah 4:2

  1. But in the future, Israel--the branch of the LORD--will be lush and beautiful, and the fruit of the land will be the pride of its people.

Romans 1:21

  1. Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn't worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. The result was that their minds became dark and confused.
  2. Claiming to be wise, they became utter fools instead.
  3. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people, or birds and animals and snakes.

Ephesians 2:16

  1. Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.

Jeremiah 10:14

  1. Compared to him, all people are foolish and have no knowledge at all! They make idols, but the idols will disgrace their makers, for they are frauds. They have no life or power in them.

Jeremiah 51:6

  1. Flee from Babylon! Save yourselves! Don't get trapped in her punishment! It is the LORD's time for vengeance; he will fully repay her.
  2. Babylon has been like a golden cup in the LORD's hands, a cup from which he made the whole earth drink and go mad.
  3. But now suddenly, Babylon, too, has fallen. Weep for her, and give her medicine. Perhaps she can yet be healed.
  4. We would have helped her if we could, but nothing can save her now. Let her go; abandon her. Return now to your own land, for her judgment will be so great it cannot be measured.

Isaiah 41:5

  1. The lands beyond the sea watch in fear. Remote lands tremble and mobilize for war.
  2. They encourage one another with the words, "Be strong!"

Habakkuk 2:18

  1. "What have you gained by worshiping all your man-made idols? How foolish to trust in something made by your own hands! What fools you are to believe such lies!
  2. How terrible it will be for you who beg lifeless wooden idols to save you. You ask speechless stone images to tell you what to do. Can an idol speak for God? They may be overlaid with gold and silver, but they are lifeless inside.
  3. But the LORD is in his holy Temple. Let all the earth be silent before him."

Jeremiah 2:27

  1. To an image carved from a piece of wood they say, `You are my father.' To an idol chiseled out of stone they say, `You are my mother.' They turn their backs on me, but in times of trouble they cry out for me to save them!
  2. Why don't you call on these gods you have made? When danger comes, let them save you if they can! For you have as many gods as there are cities and towns in Judah.

Jeremiah 25:15

  1. Then the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me, "Take from my hand this cup filled to the brim with my anger, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
  2. When they drink from it, they will stagger, crazed by the warfare I will send against them."
  3. So I took the cup of anger from the LORD and made all the nations drink from it--every nation the LORD sent me to.
  4. I went to Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah, and their kings and officials drank from the cup. From that day until this, they have been a desolate ruin, an object of horror, contempt, and cursing.
  5. I went to Egypt and spoke to Pharaoh, his officials, his princes, and his people. They, too, drank from that terrible cup,

Revelation 18:3

  1. For all the nations have drunk the wine of her passionate immorality. The rulers of the world have committed adultery with her, and merchants throughout the world have grown rich as a result of her luxurious living."
  2. Then I heard another voice calling from heaven, "Come away from her, my people. Do not take part in her sins, or you will be punished with her.
  3. For her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God is ready to judge her for her evil deeds.
  4. Do to her as she has done to your people. Give her a double penalty for all her evil deeds. She brewed a cup of terror for others, so give her twice as much as she gave out.
  5. She has lived in luxury and pleasure, so match it now with torments and sorrows. She boasts, 'I am queen on my throne. I am no helpless widow. I will not experience sorrow.'

Isaiah 42:17

  1. But those who trust in idols, calling them their gods--they will be turned away in shame.
  2. "Oh, how deaf and blind you are toward me! Why won't you listen? Why do you refuse to see?

Jeremiah 51:17

  1. Compared to him, all people are foolish and have no knowledge at all! They make idols, but the idols will disgrace their makers, for they are frauds. They have no life or power in them.
  2. Idols are worthless; they are lies! The time is coming when they will all be destroyed.

Isaiah 41:21

  1. "Can your idols make such claims as these? Let them come and show what they can do!" says the LORD, the King of Israel.

Jeremiah 10:8

  1. The wisest of people who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!

1 Kings 18:26

  1. So they prepared one of the bulls and placed it on the altar. Then they called on the name of Baal all morning, shouting, "O Baal, answer us!" But there was no reply of any kind. Then they danced wildly around the altar they had made.
  2. About noontime Elijah began mocking them. "You'll have to shout louder," he scoffed, "for surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or he is relieving himself. Or maybe he is away on a trip, or he is asleep and needs to be wakened!"
  3. So they shouted louder, and following their normal custom, they cut themselves with knives and swords until the blood gushed out.
  4. They raved all afternoon until the time of the evening sacrifice, but still there was no reply, no voice, no answer.

Ephesians 2:12

  1. In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from God's people, Israel, and you did not know the promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.
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