16 All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced; they will go off into disgrace together.
16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
16 All of them are put to shame and confounded; the makers of idols go in confusion together.
16 Humiliated, all those others will be ashamed to show their faces in public. Out of work and at loose ends, the makers of no-god idols won't know what to do with themselves.
16 They shall be ashamed And also disgraced, all of them; They shall go in confusion together, Who are makers of idols.
16 All craftsmen who make idols will be humiliated. They will all be disgraced together.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 45:16
Commentary on Isaiah 45:11-19
(Read Isaiah 45:11-19)
Believers may ask in prayer for what they need; if for their good, it will not be withheld. But how common to hear God called to account for his dealings with man! Cyrus provided for the returning Jews. Those redeemed by Christ shall be provided for. The restoration would convince many, and convert some; and all that truly join the Lord, find his service perfect freedom. Though God be his people's God and Saviour, yet sometimes he lays them under his frowns; but let them wait upon the Lord who hides his face. There is a world without end; and it will be well or ill with us, according as it shall be with us in that world. The Lord we serve and trust, is God alone. All that God has said is plain, satisfactory, and just. As God in his word calls us to seek him, so he never denied believing prayers, nor disappointed believing expectations. He gives grace sufficient, and comfort and satisfaction of soul.