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The Human Hands of 'Gods'
Commentators highlight the absurdity at the heart of idolatry: the craftsmen are merely men. They are mortal, frail, and subject to human weaknesses like hunger and fatigue. The verse satirically asks how a being who needs food and water could possibly fashion a divine being worthy of worship. It's a fundamental contradiction that reveals the foolishness of the enterprise.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 44:11
18th Century
Theologian
Behold, all his fellows — All who are joined in making and worshipping it are regarded as the fellows, or the companions (חברין
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 44:11
19th Century
Bishop
Behold, all his fellows ... The noun has a half-technical sense, describing a member of a religious guild or fraternity, …
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 44:11–12
19th Century
Preacher
Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. The smith with the tongs both wo…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 44:11
16th Century
Theologian
Lo, all his companions shall be ashamed. Not only does he attack the workers and makers of idols, but he also generally attacks all their …
John Gill
On Isaiah 44:11
17th Century
Pastor
Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed
Either such who join with them in the worship of the molten graven image, o…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 44:9–20
17th Century
Minister
Image-making is described to expose the folly of idolaters. Though a man had used part of a log for fuel, he fell down before an image made of the …