Isaiah 41:24

See, ye are of nothing, 1 and your work of nought; 1 a toevah (abomination) is he that chooseth you. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

In Context

23Tell the things that are to come hereafter, 1 that we may know that ye are elohim; 1 indeed, do tov, or do rah, 1 that we may be afraid, and terrified. 1

25I have awakened one + 41:25 Koresh, Cyrus from the tzafon (north), and he shall come; 1 from the rising of the shemesh shall he call upon My Shem; 1 and he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, 1 and as the yotzer (potter) treadeth clay. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:25The peselim of eloheihem shall ye burn with eish; thou shalt not desire the kesef or zahav that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is a to'evah (abomination) to Hashem Eloheicha.

Deuteronomy 27:15Arur (cursed) be the ish that maketh any pesel (graven image) or massekhah (molten image), a to'evah (abomination) unto Hashem, the work of the hands of the charash (craftsman), and sets it up in a secret place. And kol HaAm shall answer and say, Omein.

Isaiah 37:19And have cast eloheihem into the eish; for they were no elohim, but the ma'aseh yedei adam, etz and even (stone); therefore they have destroyed them.

Isaiah 44:9They that make a pesel are all of them tohu; and their chamudim (favorite [idols]) are worthless; and they + 44:9 the idols are their own edim; they + 44:9 the idols see not, nor know; so that they + 44:9 the idol people are put to shame.

Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether stupid and foolish; 1 the etz is a musar havalim (discipline of delusions). 1

Jeremiah 51:17Kol adam is dull-hearted and without da'as; 1 every goldsmith is shamed by the pesel; 1 for his nesekh (molten image) is sheker, 1 and there is no ruach in them. 1

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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