Isaiah 41:29

But behold, they are all vanity; Their works are nothing; Wind and emptiness are their molten images.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

In Context

28I looked, but there was no man; Even among them, but there was none that gave counsel; I inquired of them that they might give an answer;

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Cross References

Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands:

Isaiah 41:24Behold, ye are less than nothing, And your work is less than naught; An abomination is he that chooseth you!

Isaiah 46:7They lift him upon the shoulder, and carry him; They set him in his place, and there he standeth; From his place he moveth not; Yea, one may cry to him, yet doth he not answer, Nor save him out of his distress.

Jeremiah 10:2Thus saith Jehovah: Conform ye not to the way of the heathen, And be not dismayed at the signs of the heavens, Because the heathen are dismayed at them!

Zechariah 10:2For the teraphim speak falsehood, And the diviners see a lie, And the dreams speak falsehood; Vain are their consolations. Therefore they wander as a flock; They are in distress, because there is no shepherd.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 41:22-29

Idolatry Exposed. ( b. c. 708.) 21 Produce your cause, saith the Lord ; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. 22 Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 23 Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. 24 Behold, ye are of nothing,… Read the whole commentary →

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