Isaiah 44:20

It 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

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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

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

21Think about these things, Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant: 1 I have formed you; you are my servant: Israel, you will not be forgotten by me. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:20Yahweh said, 'Who will entice Ahab, so that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One of them said this and another one said that.

Job 15:31Let him not trust in useless things, deceiving himself; 1 for uselessness will be his reward. 1

Proverbs 15:14The heart of the discerning seeks knowledge, 1 but the mouth of fools feeds on folly. 1

Isaiah 59:3For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin. 1 Your lips speak lies and your tongue speaks maliciously. 1

Jeremiah 16:19Yahweh, you are my stronghold and my refuge, my place of safety in the day of distress. 1 The nations will go to you from the ends of the earth and say, “Surely our ancestors inherited deceit. 1 They are empty; there is no profit in them. 1

Hosea 12:1Ephraim feeds on the wind 1 and follows after the east wind. 1 He continually multiplies lies and violence. 1 They make a covenant with Assyria 1 and carry olive oil to Egypt. 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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