Isaiah 44:9

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Those fashioning an idol—all of them are nothing, and their delights cannot benefit. And their own witnesses, they cannot see, and they do not know, so they are put to shame.

Latin

Plastæ idoli omnes nihil sunt, et amantissima eorum non proderunt eis. Ipsi sunt testes eorum, quia non vident, neque intelligunt, ut confundantur.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

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

Related verses

Jeremiah 10:14–15
Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
Isaiah 41:24
Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
Isaiah 41:29
See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
Psalm 97:7
All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!
Habakkuk 2:18–20
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.
Jeremiah 2:11
Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
Isaiah 44:20
He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
Daniel 11:38
And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.
Psalm 135:18
Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
1 Corinthians 8:4
So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
Romans 1:22
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
Isaiah 43:8
Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.

Glossary

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

Topics

Carving: Idols Manufactured By Idol: Manufacture of Idolatry: Folly of Vanity: Idolatry Is

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