Isaiah 45 · Verse 20

Isaiah 45:20

Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
Isaiah 45:20, King James Version

Isaiah 45:20 in other translations

BSBCome, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.
WEB“Assemble yourselves and come. Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations. Those have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can’t save.
ASVAssemble 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.
YLTBe gathered, and come in, Come nigh together, ye escaped of the nations, They have not known, Who are lifting up the wood of their graven image, And praying unto a god that saveth not.
DARBYGather 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 agod that cannot save.
BBECome together, even come near, you nations who are still living: they have no knowledge who take up their image of wood, and make prayer to a god in whom is no salvation.
WebsterAssemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that have escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray to a god that cannot save.

What does Isaiah 45:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
20. escaped of the nations--those of the nations who shall have escaped the slaughter inflicted by Cyrus. Now, at last, ye shall see the folly of "praying to a god that cannot save" (Is 45:16). Ultimately, those that shall be "left of all the nations which shall come against Jerusalem" are meant (Zec 14:16). They shall then all be converted to the Lord (Is 66:23, 24; Jr 3:17; Zec 8:20-23).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 45:20-25
The nations are exhorted to draw near to Jehovah. None besides is able to help; he is the Saviour, who can save without the assistance of any, but without whom none can save. If the heart is brought into the obedience of Christ, the knee will cheerfully obey his commands. To Christ men shall come from every nation for blessings; all that hate his cause shall be put to shame, and all believers shall rejoice in him as their Friend and Portion. All must come to him: may we now come to him as the Lord our Righteousness, walking according to his commandments.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Isaiah 45:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הִקָּבְצ֥וּhi.ka.ve.Tzugather togetherH6908
וָבֹ֛אוּva.Vo.'uand comeH935
הִֽתְנַגְּשׁ֥וּhit.na.ge.Shudraw nearH5066
יַחְדָּ֖וyach.DavtogetherH3162
פְּלִיטֵ֣יpe.li.TeiO fugitives ofH6412
הַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יָדְע֗וּya.de.'Uthey knowH3045
הַנֹּֽשְׂאִים֙ha.no.se.'Imthose [who] carryH5375
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עֵ֣ץ'etz[the] wood ofH6086
פִּסְלָ֔םpis.Lamidol theirH6459
וּמִתְפַּלְלִ֔יםu.mit.pa.Limand [those who] prayH6419
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אֵ֖ל'ela godH410
לֹ֥אlo'[which] notH3808
יוֹשִֽׁיעַ\׃yo.Shi.a'it will saveH3467

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 45:20

  • Isaiah 43:9

    Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

  • Isaiah 44:17-20

    And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god. They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? He 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?

  • Jeremiah 10:5

    They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

  • Isaiah 4:2

    In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.

  • Isaiah 46:1

    Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.

  • Psalms 115:8

    They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

  • Isaiah 41:21

    Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

  • Isaiah 46:6-7

    They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship. They 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.

  • Jeremiah 10:14

    Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

  • Isaiah 41:5-6

    The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

  • Revelation 18:3-18

    For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. …

  • Jeremiah 10:8

    But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
yourselves.
41:5,6,21; 43:9
escaped.
4:2; Jer 25:15-29; 50:28; 51:6-9; Eph 2:12,16; Re 18:3-18
they.
42:17,18; 44:17-20; 46:7; 48:7; 1Ki 18:26-29; Ps 115:8; Jer 2:27,28
Jer 10:8,14; 51:17,18; Hab 2:18-20; Ro 1:21-23

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Context

  • Isaiah 45:19

    I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

  • Isaiah 45:20

    Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

  • Isaiah 45:21

    Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

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Isaiah 45:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Reuníos, y venid; allegaos, todos los escapados de las gentes: no saben aquellos que erigen el madero de su escultura, y los que ruegan al dios que no salva.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Rassemblez-vous et venez, approchez-vous ensemble, réchappés des nations! – Ils n’ont point de connaissance, ceux qui portent le bois de leur image taillée et présentent leur supplication à un ✶dieu qui ne sauve pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Versammelt euch und kommet, nähert euch insgesamt, ihr Entronnenen der Nationen! Es haben keine Erkenntnis, die das Holz ihres geschnitzten Bildes tragen und zu einem Gott flehen, der nicht retten kann.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Congregamini, et venite, et accedite simul qui salvati estis ex gentibus: nescierunt qui levant lignum sculpturæ suæ, et rogant deum non salvantem.