Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
Verse Takeaways
1
The Idol's Humble Origins
Commentators explain that Isaiah exposes the folly of idolatry by tracing the idol back to its source: a common tree. The idol maker selects, cuts, and even plants the very wood he will later worship. This simple description of an idol's mundane origin reveals the absurdity of praying to an object made by human hands.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Isaiah
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
Commentaries
9
Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 44:14
18th Century
Theologian
He hews down cedars for himself—In the previous verses, the prophet had described the formation of an axe with which the work was to be done…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 44:14
19th Century
Bishop
He heweth him down cedars. —The manufacture is traced further back, possibly by way of protest against the belief current…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 44:13–14
19th Century
Preacher
The carpenter stretches out his rule; he marks it out with a line; he fits it with planes, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it a…
Go Ad-Free
Go ad-free and create your own bookmark library
John Calvin
On Isaiah 44:14
16th Century
Theologian
He shall cut down for himself: The Prophet expresses not only the zeal and furious eagerness of idolaters, but also their rebellion and ob…
John Gill
On Isaiah 44:14
17th Century
Pastor
He hews him down cedars, and takes the cypress and the oak ,
&c.] To make gods of, trees both pleasant and durable, …
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 …