Isaiah 44:18

They don’t know, neither do they consider: 2 for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see; 2 and their hearts, that they can’t understand. 1

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In The King James Version

They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

In Context

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

19No one thinks, 2 neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, 2 “I have burned part of it in the fire. 2 Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals. 2 I have roasted meat and eaten it. 2 Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? 2 Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?” 1

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Cross References

Psalms 92:6A senseless man does not know, 2 neither does a fool understand this: 1

Proverbs 28:5Evil men don’t understand mishpat ·justice·; 2 but those who seek Adonai understand it fully. 1

Isaiah 6:9+ 6:9 (9-10) MP: Seeing the glory of Messiah, Israel still hardens her heart and refuses to acknowledge him. (John 12:37-41) + 6:9 (9-10) MP: Messiah speaks in parables so people hear but never understand; see but never perceive. (Matt 13:13-17) He said, ‘Go, and tell this people, 1 “You sh'ma ·hear obey· sh'ma ·hear obey· 2 yet still don’t understand; 1 and you indeed see, 2 but don’t perceive.” + 6:9. Quoted in Luke 8:10; Rom 11:8 1

Isaiah 29:10For Adonai has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, + 29:10. Quoted in Rom 11:8 the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.

Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. 2 A deceived heart has turned him aside; 2 and he can’t deliver his soul, 2 nor say, “Is not there a lie in my right hand?” 1

Isaiah 46:7They bear it on their shoulder. 2 They carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands there. 2 It cannot move from its place. 1 Yes, one may cry to it, yet it cannot answer. 2 It cannot save him out of his trouble. 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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