Isaiah 44:16

He burns part of it in the fire. 2 With part of it, he eats meat. 2 He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. 1 Yes, he warms himself, 2 and says, “Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire.” 1

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In The King James Version

He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:

In Context

15Then it will be for a man to burn; 2 and he takes some of it, and warms himself. 2 Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread. 1 Yes, he makes a deity, and worships it; 2 he makes it an engraved image, and falls down to it. 1

17The rest of it he makes into a deity, 2 even his engraved image. 1 He bows down to it and worships, 2 and prays to it, and says, “Deliver me; for you are my deity!” 1

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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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