Isaiah 44:9

New Century Version

Some people make idols, but they are worth nothing. People treasure them, but they are useless. Those people are witnesses for the statues, but those people cannot see. They know nothing, so they will be ashamed.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:18

They have thrown the gods of these nations into the fire, but they were only wood and rock statues that people made. So the kings have destroyed them.

Psalm 115:4

Their idols are made of silver and gold, the work of human hands.

Psalm 115:8

People who make idols will be like them, and so will those who trust them.

Psalm 135:18

People who make idols will be like them, and so will those who trust them.

Psalm 97:7

Those who worship idols should be ashamed; they brag about their gods. All the gods should worship the Lord.

Isaiah 26:11

Lord, you are ready to punish those people, but they do not see that. Show them your strong love for your people. Then those who are evil will be ashamed. Burn them in the fire you have prepared for your enemies.

Isaiah 41:24

You gods are less than nothing; you can’t do anything. Those who worship you should be hated.

Isaiah 41:29

Look, all these idols are false. They cannot do anything; they are worth nothing.

Isaiah 42:17

But those who trust in idols, who say to their statues, ‘You are our gods’ will be rejected in disgrace.

Isaiah 42:18

“You who are deaf, hear me. You who are blind, look and see.

Isaiah 43:8

Bring out the people who have eyes but don’t see and those who have ears but don’t hear.

Isaiah 43:9

All the nations gather together, and all the people come together. Which of their gods said this would happen? Which of their gods can tell what happened in the beginning? Let them bring their witnesses to prove they were right. Then others will say, “It is true.”

Isaiah 44:11

The workmen who made them will be ashamed, because they are only human. If they all would come together, they would all be ashamed and afraid.

Isaiah 44:18

Those people don’t know what they are doing. They don’t understand! It is as if their eyes are covered so they can’t see. Their minds don’t understand.

Isaiah 44:20

He doesn’t know what he is doing; his confused mind leads him the wrong way. He cannot save himself or say, “This statue I am holding is a false god.”

Isaiah 45:16

All the people who make idols will be put to great shame; they will go off together in disgrace.

Isaiah 45:20

“You people who have escaped from other nations, gather together and come before me; come near together. People who carry idols of wood don’t know what they are doing. They pray to a god who cannot save them.

Isaiah 57:12

I will tell about your ‘goodness’ and what you do, and those things will do you no good.

Isaiah 65:13

So this is what the Lord God says: “My servants will eat, but you evil people will be hungry. My servants will drink, but you evil people will be thirsty. My servants will be happy, but you evil people will be shamed.

Jeremiah 14:22

Do foreign idols have the power to bring rain? Does the sky itself have the power to send down showers? No, it is you, Lord our God. You are our only hope, because you are the one who made all these things.

Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation ever exchanged its gods? (Of course, its gods are not really gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glorious God for idols worth nothing.

Jeremiah 2:26

“A thief is ashamed when someone catches him stealing. In the same way, the family of Israel is ashamed— they, their kings, their officers, their priests, and their prophets.

Daniel 11:38

The king of the North will worship power and strength, which his ancestors did not worship. He will honor the god of power with gold and silver, expensive jewels and gifts.

Daniel 5:23

Instead, you have set yourself against the Lord of heaven. You ordered the drinking cups from the Temple of the Lord to be brought to you. Then you and your royal guests, your wives, and your slave women drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone that are not really gods; they cannot see or hear or understand anything. You did not honor God, who has power over your life and everything you do.

Romans 1:22

They said they were wise, but they became fools.

1 Corinthians 8:4

So this is what I say about eating meat sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is really nothing in the world, and we know there is only one God.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The devil who rules this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe. They cannot see the light of the Good News—the Good News about the glory of Christ, who is exactly like God.

Ephesians 4:18

They do not understand, and they know nothing, because they refuse to listen. So they cannot have the life that God gives.

Ephesians 5:8

In the past you were full of darkness, but now you are full of light in the Lord. So live like children who belong to the light.

Deuteronomy 27:15

“Anyone will be cursed who makes an idol or statue and secretly sets it up, because the Lord hates the idols people make.” Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will worship gods made by people, gods made of wood and stone, that cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.

Judges 10:14

You have chosen those gods. So go call to them for help. Let them save you when you are in trouble.”