Isaiah 44:9
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.
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.
Note delectable: Heb. desirable
Everyone who makes a carved image is vain. The things that they delight in will not profit. Their own witnesses don’t see, nor know, that they may be disappointed.
They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- make
- Isaiah 41:24, 29; Deuteronomy 27:15; Psalm 97:7; Jeremiah 10:3–8, 14, 15
- and their
- Isaiah 2:20, 21; Isaiah 37:18–20; Isaiah 46:1, 2, 6, 7; Judges 10:14; 1 Kings 18:26–40; Jeremiah 2:11, 27, 28; Jeremiah 14:22; Jeremiah 16:19, 20; Daniel 5:23; Hosea 8:4–6; Habakkuk 2:18–20; 1 Corinthians 8:4
- delectable
- Heb. desirable.
- Daniel 11:38
- their own
- Isaiah 44:18, 20; Isaiah 42:18; Isaiah 43:8; Isaiah 45:20; Psalm 115:8; Psalm 135:18; Romans 1:22; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 4:18; Ephesians 5:8