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Isa. 44:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Theyg that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their μdelectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

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Isa. 41:24,29• ²⁴Behold, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination [is he that] chooseth you.
²⁹Behold, they [are] all vanity: their works [are] nought: their molten images [are] wind and confusion. (Isa. 41:24,29)

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Isa. 41:24,29• ²⁴Behold, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination [is he that] chooseth you.
²⁹Behold, they [are] all vanity: their works [are] nought: their molten images [are] wind and confusion. (Isa. 41:24,29)

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Deut. 27:15• ¹⁵Cursed, {i}be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination to Jehovah, a work of the craftsman's hand, and putteth it up secretly! And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.{/i} (Deut. 27:15)

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Psa. 97:7• ⁷Ashamed be all that serve graven images,{HR}That boast themselves of idols!{HR}Worship him, all ye gods ! (Psa. 97:7)

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Jer. 10:3‑8,14‑15• ³For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
⁴They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
⁵They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
⁶Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
⁷Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? {i}For to thee doth it appertain; for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.{/i}
⁸{i}But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.{/i}
¹⁴{i}Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.{/i}
¹⁵They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. (Jer. 10:3‑8,14‑15)

and their.

Isa. 2:20‑21• ²⁰In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made for him to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
²¹to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth. (Isa. 2:20‑21)

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Isa. 37:18‑20• ¹⁸Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries and their land,
¹⁹and have cast their gods into the fire; for they [were] no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them.
²⁰Now therefore, Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Jehovah, thou only. (Isa. 37:18‑20)

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Isa. 46:1‑2,6‑7• ¹Bel boweth down, Nebo bendeth: their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your loads are lifted up, a burden to the weary [beast].
²They bend, they bow down together, they could not deliver the burden, and themselves are gone into captivity.
⁶Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.
⁷They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. (Isa. 46:1‑2,6‑7)

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Judg. 10:14• ¹⁴{i}Go and cry to the gods that ye have chosen: let them save you in the time of your trouble.{/i} (Judg. 10:14)

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1 Kings 18:26‑40• ²⁶{i}And they took the bullock which had been given them, and sacrificed it,{/i} and they called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
²⁷And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
²⁸And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
²⁹And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice that there was neither voice nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
³⁰And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of Jehovah that was broken down.
³¹And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob unto whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
³²and with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah; and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
³³And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
³⁴And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
³⁵And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
³⁶And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Jehovah God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
³⁷Hear me, O Jehovah, hear me, that this people may know that thou art Jehovah God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
³⁸Then the fire of Jehovah fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
³⁹And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, Jehovah, he is the God; Jehovah, he is the God.
⁴⁰And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. (1 Kings 18:26‑40)

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Jer. 2:11,27‑28• ¹¹{i}Hath a nation changed its gods? and they are no gods; —but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.{/i}
²⁷{i}saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth; for they have turned the back unto me, and not the face; and in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us!{/i}
²⁸{i}Where then are thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for as the number of thy cities, are thy gods, O Judah.{/i} (Jer. 2:11,27‑28)

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Jer. 14:22• ²²Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art thou not he, Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things. (Jer. 14:22)

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Jer. 16:19‑20• ¹⁹Jehovah, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
²⁰Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? (Jer. 16:19‑20)

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Dan. 5:23• ²³but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; {i}and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know;{/i} and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified. (Dan. 5:23)

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Hos. 8:4‑6• ⁴They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols that they may be cast off.
⁵Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to purity?
⁶For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. (Hos. 8:4‑6)

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Hab. 2:18‑20• ¹⁸{i}What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?{/i}
¹⁹Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
²⁰{i}But{/i} Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. (Hab. 2:18‑20)

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1 Cor. 8:4• ⁴Concerning the eating, then, of the things sacrificed to idols, we know that [there is] no idol in [the] world, and that [there is] no God save one. (1 Cor. 8:4)

delectable.

Heb. desirable.

Dan. 11:38• ³⁸But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces; a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. (Dan. 11:38)

their own.

Isa. 44:18,20• ¹⁸They have no knowledge and understand not: for he hath plastered their eyes, that they see not; [and] their hearts that they understand not.
²⁰He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand? (Isa. 44:18,20)

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Isa. 42:18• ¹⁸Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. (Isa. 42:18)

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Isa. 43:8• ⁸Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. (Isa. 43:8)

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Isa. 45:20• ²⁰Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye [that are] escaped of the nations. They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god [that] cannot save. (Isa. 45:20)

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Psa. 115:8• ⁸Like them are those making them,{HR}Every one who confideth in them. (Psa. 115:8)

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Psa. 135:18• ¹⁸Like them are those that make them—{HR}Every one confiding in them. (Psa. 135:18)

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Rom. 1:22• ²²Professing to be wise, they became fools, (Rom. 1:22)

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2 Cor. 4:4• ⁴in whom the god of this age blinded the minds of the faithless, that the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is [the] image of God, should not shine forth. (2 Cor. 4:4)

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Eph. 4:18• ¹⁸being darkened in the understanding, estranged from the life of God on account of the ignorance that is in them, on account of the hardening of their heart, (Eph. 4:18)

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Eph. 5:8• ⁸for ye were once darkness but now [are] light in the Lord: walk as children of light (Eph. 5:8)

• But at the time when Isaiah wrote there was among the people this persistent tendency to turn to their idols and false gods. Hence once more, in verses 9-20 of our chapter, God reasons with the people about their folly in this matter. (“Isaiah 44” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They that form a graven image are all of them vanityg, and their delectable things are of no profit; and they are their own witnesses: they see not, nor knowh;—that they may be ashamed.

JND Translation Notes

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As ch. 40.17,23.

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Or "they are witnesses for them, since they see not nor know."

W. Kelly Translation

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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.