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The Faint God-Maker
Commentators overwhelmingly highlight the profound irony in this verse. A human craftsman, in the very act of creating a 'god,' becomes hungry, thirsty, and faint. As Charles Spurgeon notes, this absurdity is meant to be striking. If the creator is weak and needs sustenance, how can his creation—a mere object fashioned by his own tiring hands—be a powerful, divine being capable of helping anyone?
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 44:12
18th Century
Theologian
The smith with the tongs - The prophet proceeds here to show the folly and absurdity of idolatry; and to do this he goes into an extended st…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 44:12
19th Century
Bishop
The smith with the tongs. —We begin with the metal idol. Better, The smith uses a chisel. The work involves stooping over…
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 44:12
16th Century
Theologian
The worker in iron. With good reason does the Apostle here draw up a long description, in order to shake off the stupidity and madness of …
John Gill
On Isaiah 44:12
17th Century
Pastor
The smith with the tongs
Or, "the worker of iron" F3; the blacksmith, who had a concern in making of idols, for som…
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 …