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<p class="indent2"> I know not one.” <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>All makers of idols are nothing, <p class="indent2"> and the things they treasure are worthless. <p class="indent1"> Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, <p class="indent2"> so they are put to shame. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Who fashions a god or casts an idol <p class="indent2"> which profits him nothing? <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, <p class="indent2"> for the craftsmen themselves are only human. <p class="indent1"> Let them all assemble and take their stand; <p class="indent2"> they will all be brought to terror and shame. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The blacksmith takes a tool <p class="indent2"> and labors over the coals; <p class="indent1"> he fashions an idol with hammers <p class="indent2"> and forges it with his strong arms. <p class="indent1"> Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; <p class="indent2"> he fails to drink water and grows faint. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The woodworker extends a measuring line; <p class="indent2"> he marks it out with a stylus; <p class="indent1"> he shapes it with chisels <p class="indent2"> and outlines it with a compass. <p class="indent1"> He fashions it in the likeness of man, <p class="indent2"> like man in all his glory, <p class="indent2"> that it may dwell in a shrine. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He cuts down cedars <p class="indent2"> or retrieves a cypress<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> or oak. <p class="indent1"> He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. <p class="indent2"> He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>It serves as fuel for man. <p class="indent2"> He takes some of it to warm himself, <p class="indent1"> and he kindles a fire <p class="indent2"> and bakes his bread. <p class="indent1"> He also fashions it into a god and worships it; <p class="indent2"> he makes an idol and bows down to it. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He burns half of it in the fire, <p class="indent2"> and he roasts meat on that half. <p class="indent1"> He eats the roast and is satisfied. <p class="indent2"> Indeed, he warms himself and says, <p class="indent2">“Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.” <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. <p class="indent2"> He bows down to it and worships; <p class="indent1"> he prays to it and says, <p class="indent2">“Save me, for you are my god.” <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They do not comprehend or discern, <p class="indent2"> for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see <p class="indent2"> and closed their minds so they cannot understand. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And no one considers in his heart, <p class="indent2"> no one has the knowledge or insight to say, <p class="indent1">“I burned half of it in the fire, <p class="indent2"> and I baked bread on its coals; <p class="indent2"> I roasted meat and I ate. <p class="indent1"> Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? <p class="indent2"> Shall I bow down to a block of wood?” <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He feeds on ashes. <p class="indent2"> His deluded heart has led him astray, <p class="indent1"> and he cannot deliver himself or say, <p class="indent2">“Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?” <A name="22"></a><p class="hdg">Jerusalem to Be Restored<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Remember these things, O Jacob, <p class="indent2"> for you are My servant, O Israel. <p class="indent1"> I have made you, and you are My servant; <p class="indent2"> O Israel, I will never forget you. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, <p class="indent2"> and your sins like a mist. <p class="indent2"> Return to Me, for I have redeemed you. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; <p class="indent2"> shout aloud, O depths of the earth. <p class="indent1"> Break forth in song, O mountains, <p class="indent2"> you forests and all your trees. <p class="indent1"> For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, <p class="indent2"> and revealed His glory in Israel. <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Thus says the LORD, <p class="indent2"> your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: <p class="indent1stline">“I am the LORD, <p class="indent2"> who has made all things, <p class="indent1"> who alone stretched out the heavens, <p class="indent2"> who by Myself spread out the earth, <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>who foils the signs of false prophets <p class="indent2"> and makes fools of diviners, <p class="indent1"> who confounds the wise <p class="indent2"> and turns their knowledge into nonsense, <A name="27"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>who confirms the message of His servant <p class="indent2"> and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, <p class="indent1"> who says of Jerusalem, <p class="indent2">‘She will be inhabited,’ <p class="indent1"> and of the cities of Judah, <p class="indent2">‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’ <A name="28"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>who says to the depths of the sea, <p class="indent2">‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’ <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/44-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>who says of Cyrus, <p class="indent2">‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ <p class="indent1"> who says of Jerusalem, <p class="indent2">‘She will be rebuilt,’ <p class="indent1"> and of the temple, <p class="indent2">‘Let its foundation be laid.’”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <i>Jeshurun</i> means <i>the upright one</i>, a term of endearment for Israel.<br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>poplars</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>pine</i> or <i>juniper</i> or <i>fir</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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