Isaiah 44:9

Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are

What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own cr

See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.

All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Chr

And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shoutin

In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.

For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the ha

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,

O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as yo

Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!

Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the

So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God

Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God?

Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless

They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make thems

Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.

Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pra

He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my

say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not thei

They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they

And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones,

They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot u

Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”

‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a crafts

They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due