Isaiah 46:8 (KJV)

Words Then and Now

shew to show Still heard today: show, the same word; shewn is still a British legal spelling Webster’s 1828 · Show

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

yourselves, ye more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

The folly of worshipping idolsHere the folly of those who made idols, and then prayed to them, is exposed. How does the profuseness of idolaters shame the niggardliness of many who call...

Thompson Chains

ConsiderSee the chain from Deuteronomy 8:5 · 9 links
ManlinessLink 6 of 7 · next Jeremiah 5:1

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Psalms 115:8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
Psalms 135:18 They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.
Isaiah 44:18–21 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. …
Isaiah 47:7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
Jeremiah 10:8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
Ezekiel 18:28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Haggai 1:5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
Haggai 1:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
Luke 15:17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
1 Corinthians 14:20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
Ephesians 5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

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Topics

Isaiah Denounces the evils of idolatry
Repentance Unclassified scriptures relating to Repentance

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Isaiah, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah

Hebrew and Strong’s

Remember זִכְרוּ zikrû זָכַר Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine plural
this, and shew yourselves men זֹאת zōʾt Pronoun וְהִתְאֹשָׁשׁוּ wĕhitʾōšāšû אִישׁ Verb · hithpolel imperative, second person masculine plural · with and
bring it again הָשִׁיבוּ hāšîbû שׁוּב Verb · hiphil imperative, second person masculine plural
to mind עַל ʿal Preposition לֵב lēb לֵב Noun · masculine singular
O ye transgressors פוֹשְׁעִים pôšĕʿîm פָּשַׁע Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0