Isaiah 44:9

All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

In Context

8Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”

10Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:28And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

Judges 10:14Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”

Psalms 97:7All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

Psalms 115:8Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

Isaiah 2:20In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.

Isaiah 41:24Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

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 →

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