Isaiah 44:9

They that make a graven image are all of them vanity, And their valued works are profitable for nothing; They are their own witnesses; They neither see nor understand, So that they may be ashamed.

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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

8Fear ye not, neither be ye afraid! Have I not declared and made it known to you of old? Ye are my witnesses; Is there a God beside me? Yea, there is no other rock; I know not any.

10Who hath formed a god, And cast a graven image, that is profitable for nothing?

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Cross References

Psalms 97:7Confounded be they who worship graven images, Who glory in idols! To him, all ye gods, bow down!

Psalms 115:8They who make them are like unto them; And so is every one that trusteth in them.

Isaiah 2:20At that time shall men cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they have made to worship, To the moles and the bats;

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

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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