Verse 9
Isaiah 44:9
Bible in Basic English
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Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame.
Original Language Text
hebrew
יֹֽצְרֵי פֶ֤סֶל כֻּלָּ/ם֙ תֹּ֔הוּ וַ/חֲמוּדֵי/הֶ֖ם בַּל יוֹעִ֑ילוּ וְ/עֵדֵי/הֶ֣ם הֵׄ֗מָּׄהׄ בַּל יִרְא֛וּ וּ/בַל יֵדְע֖וּ לְמַ֥עַן יֵבֹֽשׁוּ
English Translation
The makers of idols are all nothing, and their desirable things will not profit, and their witnesses are worthless; they will not see and will not know, so that they may be ashamed.
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Chapter 44 Context
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And now, give ear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself:
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The Lord who made you, forming you in your mother's body, the Lord, your helper, says, Have no fear,...
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For I will send water on the land needing it, and streams on the dry earth: I will let my spirit com...
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And they will come up like grass in a well-watered field, like water-plants by the streams.
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One will say, I am the Lord's; and another will give himself the name, Jacob; another will put a mar...
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The Lord, the King of Israel, even the Lord of armies who has taken up his cause, says, I am the fir...
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If there is one like me, let him come forward and say it, let him make it clear and put it in order...
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Have no fear, be strong in heart; have I not made it clear to you in the past, and let you see it? a...
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9
Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be o...
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Whoever makes a god, makes nothing but a metal image in which there is no profit.
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Truly, all those who make use of secret arts will be put to shame, and their words of power are only...
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12
The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it...
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The woodworker is measuring out the wood with his line, marking it out with his pencil: after smooth...
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He has cedars cut down for himself, he takes an oak and lets it get strong among the trees of the wo...
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Then it will be used to make a fire, so that a man may get warm; he has the oven heated with it and...
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With part of it he makes a fire, and on the fire he gets meat cooked and takes a full meal: he makes...
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And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his pictured image: he goes down on his face before it,...
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They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; a...
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And no one takes note, no one has enough knowledge or wisdom to say, I have put part of it in the fi...
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As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind,...
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Keep these things in mind, O Jacob; and you Israel, for you are my servant: I have made you; you are...
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I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back...
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Make a song, O heavens, for the Lord has done it: give a loud cry, you deep parts of the earth: let...
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The Lord, who has taken up your cause, and who gave you life in your mother's body, says, I am the L...
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Who makes the signs of those who give word of the future come to nothing, so that those who have kno...
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Who makes the word of his servants certain, and gives effect to the purposes of his representatives;...
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Who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will make your rivers dry:
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Who says of Cyrus, He will take care of my sheep, and will do all my pleasure: who says of Jerusalem...
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