Albert Barnes Commentary Isaiah 44:10

"Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?" — Isaiah 44:10 (ASV)

Who has formed a god - The Septuagint reads this verse in connection with the close of the previous verse: ‘But they shall be ashamed who make a god, and all who sculpture unprofitable things.’ Lowth also adopted this interpretation, proposing a change in the Hebrew text based on the authority of a manuscript in the Bodleian library.

This change is made by reading כי (kîy) instead of מי (mîy) in the beginning of the verse. However, the authority for this change, being that of a single manuscript and the Septuagint, is not sufficient. Nor is it necessary.

The question is designed to be ironical and sarcastic: ‘Who is there,’ says the prophet, ‘that has done this? Who are they that are engaged in this stupid work? Do they give marks of a sound mind?’

What is, and must be, the character of a man that has formed a god and that has made an unprofitable graven image?