Isaiah 44:19

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17 And the rest of it he makes into a god,
His carved image.
He falls down before it and worships it,
Prays to it and says,
“Deliver me, for you are my god!”

18 ^aThey do not know nor understand;
For ^bHe has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see,
And their hearts, so that they cannot ^cunderstand.

19 And no one ^aconsiders in his heart,
Nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say,
“I have burned half of it in the fire,
Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals;
I have roasted meat and eaten it;
And shall I make the rest of it an abomination?
Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”

20 He feeds on ashes;
^aA deceived heart has turned him aside;
And he cannot deliver his soul,
Nor say, “Is there not a ^blie in my right hand?”

Israel Is Not Forgotten

21 “Remember these, O Jacob,
And Israel, for you are My servant;
I have formed you, you are My servant;
O Israel, you will not be ^aforgotten by Me!

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Isaiah 44:19

And none considereth in his heart - Margin, ' Setteth to.' He does not place the subject near his heart or mind; he does not think of it. A similar phrase occurs in Isaiah 46:8 : ' Bring it again to mind.' It is a phrase drawn from the act of placing an object near us, in order to examine it closely; and we express the same idea by the phrase ' looking at a thing,' or ' looking at it closely.' The sense is, they had not attentively and carefully thought on the folly of what they were doing - a sentiment which is as true of all sinners as it was of stupid idolaters.

An abomination - A name that is often given to an idol II Kings 11:5, II Kings 11:7; II Kings 23:13. The meaning is, that an idol was abominable and detestable in the sight of a holy God. It was that which he could not endure.

Shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? - Margin, ' That which comes of.' The word ּ bûl means properly "produce, increase," and here evidently a stock or trunk of wood. So it is in the Chaldee.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 44:19:**

Leviticus 26:3-45
Psalms 115:8
Isaiah 44:12
Isaiah 46:6
Daniel 2:46
Revelation 9:20-21

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