Isaiah 41:29

New International Reader's Version

So they are not really gods at all. What they do does not amount to anything. They are as useless as wind.

Cross References

Psalm 96:5

All the gods of the nations are like their statues. They can’t do anything. But the Lord made the heavens.

Isaiah 17:8

They won’t trust in the altars they made with their own hands. They won’t pay any attention to the poles they used to worship the female god named Asherah. And they won’t depend on the incense altars they made with their own fingers.

Isaiah 2:8

Their land is full of statues of gods. Their people bow down to what their own hands have made. They bow down to what their fingers have shaped.

Isaiah 37:19

They have thrown the statues of the gods of those nations into the fire. And they have destroyed them. That’s because they weren’t really gods at all. They were nothing but statues made out of wood and stone. They were made by human hands.

Isaiah 41:24

But you false gods are less than nothing. Your actions are completely worthless. I hate it when people worship you.

Isaiah 46:7

They lift it up on their shoulders and carry it. They set it up in its place, and there it stands. It can’t move from that spot. Someone might cry out to it. But it does not answer. It can’t save them from their troubles.

Jeremiah 14:22

Do any of the worthless gods of the nations bring rain? Do the skies send down showers all by themselves? No. Lord our God, you send the rain. So we put our hope in you. You are the one who does all these things.

Jeremiah 5:13

The prophets are nothing but wind. Their message doesn’t come from the Lord. So let what they say will happen be done to them.”

Habakkuk 2:18

“If someone carves a statue of a god, what is it worth? What value is there in a god that teaches lies? The one who trusts in this kind of god worships his own creation. He makes statues of gods that can’t speak.

Zechariah 10:2

Other gods tell lies. Those who practice magic see visions that aren’t true. They tell dreams that fool people. They give comfort that doesn’t do any good. So the people wander around like sheep. They are crushed because they don’t have a shepherd.

Judges 18:17

The five men who had looked over the land went inside. They took the statue covered with silver. They also took the family gods and the linen apron. During that time, the priest stood at the entrance of the gate. The 600 men stood there with him. They were prepared for battle.

1 Samuel 12:21

Don’t turn away and worship statues of gods. They are useless. They can’t do you any good. They can’t save you either. They are completely useless.