Isaiah 44:17

Translations

Modern

From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

Traditional

And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

Literal

And the rest of it he makes into a god, as his idol; he bows down before it, and he bows down and prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”

Latin

…reliquum autem ejus deum fecit et sculptile sibi; curvatur ante illud, et adorat illud, et obsecrat, dicens: Libera me, quia deus meus es tu!

Original

Hebrew

English

From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

Notes

Isaiah 44:15–17

He takes some of it to warm himself … He also fashions it into a god and worships it: This description of making an idol is full of sarcasm and mocks the foolishness of idol worshipers (see also Isaiah 44:19).

Isaiah 44:6–20

This passage uses the form of a trial speech to press God’s argument that disgrace comes to all who trust in idols and false gods.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant God’s Uniqueness Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

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Isaiah 36:19–20
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
1 Kings 18:26
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Isaiah 37:38
One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
Daniel 3:17
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Daniel 6:16
So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”
Daniel 6:20–22
When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
Daniel 3:29
Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”

Glossary

Book of Baruch Church Idols, Idolatry Isaiah, Book of Nations New Creation, New Creature Ransom

Topics

Carving: Idols Manufactured By Idol: Made of Wood and Stone Idol: Manufacture of Idolatry: Consists in Worshipping Images Idolatry: Folly of Idolatry: Making Idols for the Purpose of, Described and Ridiculed Idolatry: Objects of Images Idolatry: Objects of, Worshipped with Prayer Idolatry: Other Customs of Prayers to Idols Idolatry: They Who Practise: Look to Idols for Deliverance Trees were Cut Down for Making Idols

Isaiah 44:17

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