יְשַׁעְיָהוּ

Isaiah, Verses 44: The makers of idols are nothing

The satire begins. The prophet turns from the LORD's promises to the people who make idols, and says they are empty, blind and headed for shame.

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Verses 44, passage by passage

• 44.9 The makers of idols are nothing. The makers of idols are all of them nothing, and the things they treasure…
• 44.10 Who shapes a god for nothing?. Who shapes a god or casts an idol to no profit?
• 44.11 All his companions will be ashamed. Look, all his companions will be ashamed, and the craftsmen are merely human. Let…
• 44.12 The ironsmith works until he is faint. The ironsmith makes a tool and works over the coals. With hammers he shapes…
• 44.13 The carpenter measures out a man. The woodworker stretches out a line and marks it out with an awl; he…
• 44.14 He plants a tree and the rain grows it. He cuts down cedars for himself, or takes a cypress and an oak and…
• 44.15 Fuel for the fire, and a god too. It becomes something for a man to burn. He takes some of it and…
• 44.16 Half of it he burns in the fire. Half of it he burns in the fire; over half of it he eats…
• 44.17 Save me, for you are my god!. And the rest of it he makes into a god, as his idol; he…
• 44.18 They do not know, they do not understand. They do not know and do not understand, for he has smeared over their…
• 44.19 Should I bow to a block of wood?. He does not bring it back to his heart, and he has no knowledge…
• 44.20 Is this not a lie in my right hand?. He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has led him astray. He cannot save…

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