Isaiah 41:29

Translations

Modern

See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.

Traditional

Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

Literal

Behold, all of them are delusion; their works are nothing, their molten images are wind and emptiness.

Latin

Ecce omnes injusti, et vana opera eorum; ventus et inane simulacra eorum.

Original

Hebrew

English

See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.

Notes

Isaiah 41:21–29

This trial scene develops the Lord’s case against idolatry. Idols are nothing but a human creation, whereas God is the Creator of all things. Idols cannot speak, act, accomplish anything, or save their worshipers.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 5:13
The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”
Isaiah 41:24
Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
Jeremiah 10:2–16
This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.
Isaiah 44:9–20
All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
Habakkuk 2:18
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
Psalm 115:4–8
Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
Psalm 135:15–18
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

Glossary

Book of Baruch Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature Ransom

Topics

Idolatry: Folly of Idolatry: Objects of Described as Wind and Confusion The Wind of Molten Images

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