Isaiah 44:8

Isaiah 44:8

There Is No Other God

6 “Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel,
And his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
^a‘I am the First and I am the Last;
Besides Me there is no God.

7 And ^awho can proclaim as I do?
Then let him declare it and set it in order for Me,
Since I appointed the ancient people.
And the things that are coming and shall come,
Let them show these to them.

8 Do not fear, nor be afraid;
^aHave I not told you from that time, and declared it?
^bYou are My witnesses.
Is there a God besides Me?
Indeed ^cthere is no other Rock;
I know not one.’ ”

Idolatry Is Foolishness

9 ^aThose who make an image, all of them are useless,
And their precious things shall not profit;
They are their own witnesses;
^bThey neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed.

10 Who would form a god or mold an image
^aThat profits him nothing?

11 Surely all his companions would be ^aashamed;
And the workmen, they are mere men.
Let them all be gathered together,
Let them stand up;
Yet they shall fear,
They shall be ashamed together.

12 ^aThe blacksmith with the tongs works one in the coals,
Fashions it with hammers,
And works it with the strength of his arms.
Even so, he is hungry, and his strength fails;
He drinks no water and is faint.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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be afraid—literally, "be astounded," or "distracted with fear."

from that time—namely, from the time that "I appointed the ancient people" (Isaiah 44:7). From the time of Abraham's call, his family were the depositories of the predictions of the Redeemer, whereas the promise of Cyrus was not heard of till Isaiah's time; therefore, the event to the prediction and accomplishment of which God appeals in proof of His sole Godhead, is the redemption of man by a descendant of Abraham, in whose person "the ancient people" was first formally "appointed." The deliverance of the Jews, by Cyrus, is mentioned afterwards only as an earnest of that greater mercy [HORSLEY].

no God—Hebrew, tsur, "rock" (Deuteronomy 32:4); that is, a stronghold to take refuge in, and a solid foundation to build on.

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