Isaiah 44:9
Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
10Whoever makes a god, makes nothing but a metal image in which there is no profit.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:28There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.
Judges 10:14Go, send up your cry for help to the gods of your selection; let them be your saviours in the time of your trouble.
Psalms 97:7Shamed be all those who give worship to images, and take pride in false gods; give him worship, all you gods.
Psalms 115:8Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.
Isaiah 2:20In that day men will put their images of silver and of gold, which they made for worship, in the keeping of the beasts of the dark places;
Isaiah 41:24But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 44:2-9
Prosperity Foretold; The Supremacy of God. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: 2 Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: 4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water… Read the whole commentary →