Isaiah 44:20

He feedeth on efer (ash); a lev hutal (a heart deceived, a deluded mind) hath led him astray, that he cannot save his nefesh, nor say: Is there not sheker (a lie, a fraud) in my yamin (right hand)? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

In Context

19And none considereth in his lev, neither is there da'as nor tevunah (understanding, intelligence) to say, I have burned half of it in the eish; and, also I have baked lechem upon the hot coals thereof; I have roasted basar, and eaten it; and shall I make the rest thereof to'evah? Shall I bow down to the bul etz (product of a tree, i.e., a block of wood)?

21Remember these things, O Ya'akov and Yisroel; 1 for thou art avdi; 1 I have formed thee; thou art an eved to Me; 1 O Yisroel, do not forget Me! 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:20And Hashem said, Who shall persuade Ach'av, that he may go up and fall at Ramot-Gil'ad? And one said one thing, and one said another.

Job 15:31Let not him that is deceived trust in shav (vanity); 1 for shav shall be his recompense. 1

Proverbs 15:14The lev of him that hath understanding seeketh da'as, 1 but the peh (mouth) of kesilim feedeth on folly. 1

Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled and polluted with dahm, 1 and your fingers with avon (iniquity); 1 your lips have spoken sheker, 1 your leshon (tongue) hath muttered avlah (perverseness, wickedness, iniquity, lashon hora). 1

Jeremiah 16:19Hashem, my strength, and my ma'oz (fortress), 1 and my refuge in the yom tzarah, 1 the Goyim shall come unto Thee from the ends of the earth, 1 and shall say: Surely Avoteinu have inherited sheker, 1 hevel, and things wherein there is no profit. 1

Hosea 12:1Ephrayim compasseth Me about with kachash (lies), 1 and Bais Yisroel with mirmar (deceit); + 12:1 See Isa 53:9 which says Moshiach will have no mirmar 1 but Yehudah still is unruly against El, 1 and against Kadoshim (Holy One); + 12:1 See Prov 9:10 Who is ne'eman. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 44:10-21

The Folly of Idolatry. ( b. c. 708.) 9 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. 10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? 11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. 12 The smith with the… Read the whole commentary →

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