Isaiah 44:9
All who fashion idols are nothing; the things they delight in are worthless; 1 their witnesses cannot see or know anything, and they will be put to shame. 1
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10Who would form a god or cast an idol that is worthless? 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:28There you will serve other gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.
Judges 10:14Go and call out to the gods that you have worshiped. Let them rescue you when you have trouble.”
Psalms 97:7All those who worship carved figures will be shamed, 1 those who boast in worthless idols— 1 bow down to him, all you gods! 1
Psalms 115:8Those who make them are like them, 1 as is everyone who trusts in them. 1
Isaiah 2:20On that day people will throw away their idols of silver and of gold 1 that they have made for themselves to worship—they will throw them away to the moles and bats. 1
Isaiah 41:24See, you idols are nothing and your deeds are nothing; the one who chooses you is detestable. 1
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 44:2-9
Prosperity Foretold; The Supremacy of God. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: 2 Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: 4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water… Read the whole commentary →