Isaiah 44:10-12
1599 Geneva Bible
10 Who hath made a [a]god, or molten an image, that is [b]profitable for nothing?
11 Behold, all that are of the [c]fellowship thereof, shall be confounded: for the workmen themselves are men: let them all be gathered together, and [d]stand up, yet they shall fear, and be confounded together.
12 The smith taketh an instrument, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms, yea, he is [e]an hungered, and his strength faileth, he drinketh no water, and is faint.
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- Isaiah 44:10 Meaning, that whatsoever is made by the hand of man, if he be esteemed as God, is most detestable.
- Isaiah 44:10 Whereby appeareth their blasphemy, which call images the books of the laity, seeing that they are not only here called unprofitable, but Isa 41:24 abominable, and Jeremiah calleth them the work of errors, Jer. 10:15; Habakkuk, a lying teacher, Hab. 2:18.
- Isaiah 44:11 That is, which by any way consent either to the making or worshipping.
- Isaiah 44:11 Signifying, that the multitude shall not then save the idolaters, when God will take vengeance, although they excuse themselves thereby among men.
- Isaiah 44:12 He describeth the raging affection of the idolaters, which forget their own necessities to set forth their devotion toward their idols.
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