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
And their precious things shall not profit;
They are their own witnesses;
bThey neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed.
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.
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.
He marks one out with chalk;
He fashions it with a plane,
He marks it out with the compass,
And makes it like the figure of a man,
According to the beauty of a man, that it may remain in the house.
And takes the cypress and the oak;
He secures it for himself among the trees of the forest.
He plants a pine, and the rain nourishes it.
For he will take some of it and warm himself;
Yes, he kindles it and bakes bread;
Indeed he makes a god and worships it;
He makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.
With this half he eats meat;
He roasts a roast, and is satisfied.
He even warms himself and says,
“Ah! I am warm,
I have seen the fire.”
His carved image.
He falls down before it and worships it,
Prays to it and says,
“Deliver me, for you are my god!”
For bHe has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see,
And their hearts, so that they cannot cunderstand.
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?”
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
And Israel, for you are My servant;
I have formed you, you are My servant;
O Israel, you will not be aforgotten by Me!
And like a cloud, your sins.
Return to Me, for bI have redeemed you.”
| << Isaiah 44:9 | Isaiah 44:11 >> |
American Standard Version
Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?
Amplified® Bible
Who is [such a fool as] to fashion a god or cast a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
Contemporary English Version
Why make an idol or an image that can't do a thing?
Darby English Version
Who hath formed a ùgod, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
Good News Bible
It does no good to make a metal image to worship as a god!
King James Version
Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
New American Standard Bible
Who has fashioned a god or cast an idol to no profit?
New International Version
Who shapes a god and casts an idol,
which can profit him nothing?
New King James Version
Who would form a god or mold an image
Thatprofits him nothing?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Who has fashioned a god or cast an idol to no profit?
Revised Standard Version
Who fashions a god or casts an image, that is profitable for nothing?
Young's Literal Translation
Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out -- not profitable?
| << Isaiah 44:9 | Isaiah 44:11 >> |
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