Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 44:20-21

"He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me." — Isaiah 44:20-21 (ASV)

A deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant:

You who fear God, remember these things, and keep clear of idolatry: the setting up of crucifixes, the hanging up of crosses, or any kind of symbol whatever.

Even if it is merely the simple triangle or the sacred Alpha and Omega, away with it! For the people of God must be clear from even the slightest traces of idolatry.

See how many so-called Christian churches are nothing better than congregations of idolaters, such as the Church of Rome and the Greek Church—the one with her images and her relics, and the other with her pictures and her icons.

We must have none of these things, for the command still stands: Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image, nor any likeness of anything that is in the heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them. In days like these in which we live, the people of God should be more particular than ever not to countenance any form of idolatry, lest by slow degrees we come back to the old abominations which God abhors.

A deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Remember these, O Jacob and Israel;

Think of these false gods, and be ashamed of them.