Isaías 44:11

11 Los que rinden culto a ídolos caerán en la deshonra
junto con todos esos artesanos, simples humanos,
que se declaran capaces de fabricar un dios.
Tal vez unan sus fuerzas,
pero estarán unidos en el terror y la vergüenza.

Isaías 44:11 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 44:11

Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed
Either such who join with them in the worship of the molten graven image, or god formed, when they find it is profitable for nothing; so the Targum,

``behold all their worshippers shall be confounded;''

or their fellow workmen, who took their several parts in making the image, and so must be conscious of the vanity and unprofitableness of it, and ashamed when upbraided with it: and the workmen they are of men;
or, "of Adam" ^F2; they are the sons of Adam, fallen men, sinful, frail, mortal creatures; they are not so much as of the angels in heaven, but of men on earth, and so very unfit to be makers of a god: let them be gathered together;
workmen and worshippers, as Demetrius, and the craftsmen or shrine makers, with others at Ephesus: let them stand up;
and plead for their gods, and say all they can in the behalf of them: yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together;
the light of the Gospel breaking forth in the ministry of the apostles and others, the minds of many were enlightened to see the folly of worshipping idols, which brought them, and the makers of them, into contempt; who not being able to withstand the evidence and force of arguments brought against them, were covered with shame, and filled with fear, lest, should the Gospel still get further ground, their trade of idol making would come to nothing; or lest the vengeance of heaven should fall upon them for their idolatrous practices.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (Mdam hmh) "ipsi ex Adamo, sive ex hominibus", Munster, Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version.

Isaías 44:11 In-Context

9 ¡Qué necios son los que fabrican ídolos!
Esos objetos tan apreciados, en realidad no valen nada.
Los que adoran ídolos no saben esto,
así que todos terminan avergonzados.

10 ¿Quién, sino un tonto, se haría su propio dios,
un ídolo que no puede ayudarlo en nada?

11 Los que rinden culto a ídolos caerán en la deshonra
junto con todos esos artesanos, simples humanos,
que se declaran capaces de fabricar un dios.
Tal vez unan sus fuerzas,
pero estarán unidos en el terror y la vergüenza.

12 El herrero se ubica frente a su fragua para hacer una herramienta afilada,
martillándola y dándole forma con todas sus fuerzas.
Su trabajo le da hambre y se siente débil;
le da sed y se siente desmayar.

13 Después el tallador mide un bloque de madera
y sobre él traza un diseño.
Trabaja con el cincel y el cepillo
y lo talla formando una figura humana.
Le da belleza humana
y lo pone en un pequeño santuario.