Berean Standard Bible
Isaiah 44:9-19
9AllH3605 makersH3335 of idolsH6459 are nothingH8414, and the things they treasureH2530 are worthlessH1077H3276. Their witnessesH5707H1992 fail toH1077 seeH7200H1077 or comprehendH3045, soH4616 they are put to shameH954.10WhoH4310 fashionsH3335 a godH410 or castsH5258 an idolH6459 which profits himH3276 nothingH1115?11BeholdH2005, allH3605 his companionsH2270 will be put to shameH954, for the craftsmenH2796 themselvesH1992 are only humanH120. Let them allH3605 assembleH6908 and take their standH5975; they will allH3162 be brought to terrorH6342 and shameH954.
12The blacksmithH2796H1270 takes a toolH4621and laborsH6466 over the coalsH6352;he fashionsH3335 an idol with hammersH4717and forgesH6466 it with his strongH3581 armsH2220.YetH1571 he grows hungryH7456 and loses his strengthH3581H369;he failsH3808 to drinkH8354 waterH4325 and grows faintH3286.13The woodworkerH2796H6086 extendsH5186 a measuring lineH6957;he marks it outH8388 with a stylusH8279;he shapesH6213 it with chiselsH4741and outlinesH8388 it with a compassH4230.He fashions itH6213 in the likenessH8403 of manH376,like manH120 in all his gloryH8597,that it may dwellH3427 in a shrineH1004.14He cuts downH3772 cedarsH730or retrievesH3947 a cypressH86451 or oakH437.He lets it grow strongH553 among the treesH6086 of the forestH3293.He plantsH5193 a laurelH766, and the rainH1653 makes it growH1431.15It servesH1961 as fuelH1197 for manH120.He takesH3947 some of it to warm himselfH2552,andH637 he kindles a fireH5400and bakesH644 his breadH3899.He alsoH637 fashions itH6466 into a godH410 and worships itH7812;he makesH6213 an idolH6459 and bows downH5456 to it.16He burnsH8313 halfH2677 of it inH1119 the fireH784,and he roastsH6740 meatH1320 onH5921 that halfH2677.He eatsH398 the roastH6748 and is satisfiedH7646.IndeedH637, he warms himselfH2552 and saysH559,“AhH1889! I am warmH2552; I seeH7200 the fireH217.”17From the restH7611 he makesH6213 a godH410, his graven imageH6459.He bows down to itH5456 and worshipsH7812;he praysH6419 to itH413 and saysH559,“Save meH5337, forH3588 youH859 are my godH410.”
18They do notH3808 comprehendH3045 or discernH995,forH3588 He has shutH2902 their eyesH5869 so they cannot seeH7200and closed their mindsH3820 so they cannot understandH7919.19And no oneH3808 considersH7725 inH413 his heartH3820,noH3808 one has the knowledgeH1847H3808 or insightH8394 to sayH559,“I burnedH8313 halfH2677 of it inH1119 the fireH784,and IH637 bakedH644 breadH3899 onH5921 its coalsH1513;I roastedH6740 meatH1320 and I ateH398.Shall I makeH6213 something detestableH8441 with the rest of itH3499?Shall I bow downH5456 to a blockH944 of woodH6086?”
Notes
- 1. Isaiah 44:14 Or pine or juniper or fir ↩
Commentaries on Isaiah 44
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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