Isaiah 44:18

They do not know, nor do they understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see, and their hearts cannot perceive. 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

17With the rest of the wood he makes a god, his carved image; he bows down to it and reverences it, 1 and prays to it saying, “Rescue me, for you are my god.” 1

19No one thinks, nor do they comprehend and say, 1 “I have burned part of the wood in the fire; yes, I have also baked bread upon its coals. I have roasted meat over its coals and eaten. 1 Now should I make the other part of the wood into something disgusting to worship? Should I bow down to a block of wood?” 1

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Cross References

Psalms 92:6A brutish person does not know, 1 nor does a fool understand this: 1

Proverbs 28:5Evil men do not understand justice, 1 but those who seek Yahweh understand everything. 1

Isaiah 6:9He said, “Go and tell this people, 1 'Listen, but do not understand; see, but do not perceive.' 1

Isaiah 29:10For Yahweh has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep. 1 He has closed your eyes, the prophets, and has covered your heads, the seers.

Isaiah 44:20It is as if he were eating ashes; his deceived heart misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, “This thing in my right hand is a false god.” 1

Isaiah 46:7They lift it on their shoulder and carry it; they set it in its place, and it stands in its place and does not move from it. 1 They cry out to it, but it cannot answer nor save anyone from 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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