Cross references

Isaiah 42:17

But those who trust in idols

and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’

will be turned back in utter shame.

Isaiah 42:17 BSB

Isaiah 42:17 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 97:7 (6 votes) and Isaiah 1:29 (5 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Exodus 20 to Revelation 9.

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Which verses does Isaiah 42:17 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Psalm 97:76 votes

    All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

  2. Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.

  3. Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.

  4. They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace. But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.

  5. He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”

  6. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”

  7. From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

  8. As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’

  9. What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak. Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.” …

Which verses point to Isaiah 42:17?

The 10 strongest of 17.