Isaiah 44:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Are all of them vanity... — Once more Isaiah’s favourite tohu — the symbol of the primeval chaos.

Their delectable things... — The generic term used for works of art (Isaiah 2:16), specially for what men delight to worship. (Comp. Isaiah 64:11; Lamentations 1:10.)

They are their own witnesses... — Better, their witnesses (i.e., the worshippers who sing their praises) see not and know not.

Isaiah 44:9

9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.