Verse 10
Isaiah 44:10
GOD'S WORD Translation
10
Who has fashioned a god,
or molds an image that is profitable for nothing?
Original Language Text
hebrew
מִֽי יָצַ֥ר אֵ֖ל וּ/פֶ֣סֶל נָסָ֑ךְ לְ/בִלְתִּ֖י הוֹעִֽיל
English Translation
Who has fashioned a god or cast a metal image that is of no profit?
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 44 Context
1
Yet listen now, Jacob my servant,
and Israel, whom I have chosen.
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2
This is what Yahweh who made you,
and formed you from the womb,
who will help you says:
“Don’t be af...
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3
For I will pour water on him who is thirsty,
and streams on the dry ground.
I will pour my Spirit on...
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4
and they will spring up among the grass,
as willows by the watercourses.
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5
One will say, ‘I am Yahweh’s;’
and another will be called by the name of Jacob;
and another will wri...
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6
This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel,
and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says:
“I am the first,...
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7
Who is like me?
Who will call,
and will declare it,
and set it in order for me,
since I established...
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8
Don’t fear,
neither be afraid.
Haven’t I declared it to you long ago,
and shown it?
You are my witne...
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9
Everyone who makes a carved image is vain.
The things that they delight in will not profit.
Their ow...
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10
Who has fashioned a god,
or molds an image that is profitable for nothing?
11
Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed;
and the workmen are mere men.
Let them all be gathered...
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12
The blacksmith takes an ax,
works in the coals,
fashions it with hammers,
and works it with his stro...
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13
The carpenter stretches out a line.
He marks it out with a pencil.
He shapes it with planes.
He mark...
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14
He cuts down cedars for himself,
and takes the cypress and the oak,
and strengthens for himself one...
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15
Then it will be for a man to burn;
and he takes some of it, and warms himself.
Yes, he burns it, and...
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16
He burns part of it in the fire.
With part of it, he eats meat.
He roasts a roast, and is satisfied....
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17
The rest of it he makes into a god,
even his engraved image.
He bows down to it and worships,
and pr...
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18
They don’t know, neither do they consider:
for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see;
and thei...
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19
No one thinks,
neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say,
“I have burned part of it in the...
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20
He feeds on ashes.
A deceived heart has turned him aside;
and he can’t deliver his soul,
nor say, “I...
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21
Remember these things, Jacob and Israel;
for you are my servant.
I have formed you.
You are my serva...
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22
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions,
and, as a cloud, your sins.
Return to me,...
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23
Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it!
Shout, you lower parts of the earth!
Break out into singi...
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24
Yahweh, your Redeemer,
and he who formed you from the womb says:
“I am Yahweh, who makes all things;...
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25
who frustrates the signs of the liars,
and makes diviners mad;
who turns wise men backward,
and make...
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26
who confirms the word of his servant,
and performs the counsel of his messengers;
who says of Jerusa...
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27
who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’
and ‘I will dry up your rivers;’
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28
Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’
even saying of Jerusalem,...
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