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The Sheer Folly of Idolatry
Commentators unanimously emphasize that making and worshipping idols is utter foolishness and 'vanity.' The creators, the created objects ('delectable things'), and the worship itself are all worthless and cannot profit or save. As Charles Spurgeon notes, the very idea of a human fashioning a god is absurd. The entire enterprise is presented as empty and leading only to shame.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 44:9
18th Century
Theologian
They that make a graven image - A graven image is one that is cut, or sculptured out of wood or stone, in contrast to one that is m…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 44:9
19th Century
Bishop
Are all of them vanity ... —Once more Isaiah’s favorite tohu—the symbol of the primeval chaos.
Their delec…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 44:9–10
19th Century
Preacher
They that made a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit, and they are their own witnesses; they see …
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 44:9
16th Century
Theologian
The formers of a graven image. The Lord now shows, on the contrary, how wretched idolaters are who wander amid their contrivances and are …
John Gill
On Isaiah 44:9
17th Century
Pastor
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity They show themselves to be vain men, by making such vain things as g…
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 …