Isaiah 44:9
But they that framed false gods did not then hearken; and they that graved images are all vain, performing their own desires, which shall not profit them, but they shall be ashamed
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
10that form a god, and all that grave worthless things:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:28And ye shall there serve other gods, the works of the hands of men, wood and stones, which cannot see, nor can they hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Judges 10:14Go, and cry to the gods whom ye have chosen to yourselves, and let them save you in the time of your affliction.
Psalms 97:7Let the sea be moved, and the fullness of it; 1 The world, and they that dwell in it. 1
Psalms 115:8I will offer to thee the sacrifice of praise, 1 And will call upon the name of the Lord. 1
Isaiah 2:20For in that day a man shall cast forth his silver and gold abominations, which they made in order to worship vanities and bats;
Isaiah 41:24whence ye are, and whence is your work: they have chosen you an abomination out of the earth.
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 →