Isaías 44:9

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.

Isaías 44:9 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 44:9

They that make a graven image are all of them vanity
They show themselves to be vain men, by making such vain things as graven images are; both images, makers, and worshippers of them are all vain, yea vanity itself: and their delectable things shall not profit;
their idols made of gold and silver, or covered with them, and adorned with precious stones, and so delightful and desirable, are of no manner of profit and advantage, unless the matter they are made of, and the ornaments about them, were converted to other uses; yet not as gods, and worshipped as such, who can be of no service to their worshippers to help them in distress, or save them from ruin: and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know that they may
be ashamed;
they that made them must be witnesses against themselves, and the idols they have made; they must be convicted in their own consciences that they cannot be gods; they must be sensible that they have no sight nor knowledge of persons and things; that they cannot see, nor know their worshippers, nor their wants, and cannot give them relief; and this they ought to acknowledge to their own shame that made them, and that their worshippers of them might be ashamed also.

Isaías 44:9 In-Context

7 ¿Quién es como yo?
Que se presente y les demuestre su poder;
que haga lo que yo he hecho desde tiempos antiguos
cuando establecí a un pueblo y expliqué su futuro.

8 No tiemblen; no tengan miedo.
¿Acaso no proclamé mis propósitos para ustedes hace mucho tiempo?
Ustedes son mis testigos, ¿hay algún otro Dios?
¡No! No hay otra Roca, ni una sola».

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.