Isa 44:9-11 | JFB | STEP | 9. ( ). delectable things —the idols in which they take such pride and delight. not profit — ( ). they are their own witnesses —contrasted with, " Ye are My witnesses" ( ). "They," that is, both the makers and the idols, are witnesses against themselves, for the idols palpably see and know nothing ( ). that they may be ashamed —the consequence deducible from the whole previous argument, not merely from the words immediately preceding, as in . I say all this to show that they are doomed to perish with shame, which is their only fitting end.

Isaiah 44:9-11

delectable things—the idols in which they take such pride and delight.

not profit— (Hab 2:18).

they are their own witnesses—contrasted with, "Ye are My witnesses" (Isa 44:8). "They," that is, both the makers and the idols, are witnesses against themselves, for the idols palpably see and know nothing (Ps 115:4-8).

that they may be ashamed—the consequence deducible from the whole previous argument, not merely from the words immediately preceding, as in Isa 28:13; 36:12. I say all this to show that they are doomed to perish with shame, which is their only fitting end.

10. Who . . . ?—Sarcastic question: "How debased the man must be who forms a god!" It is a contradiction in terms. A made god, worshipped by its maker (1Co 8:4)!

11. his fellows—the associates of him who makes an idol; or of the idol (see De 7:26; Ps 115:8; Ho 4:17).

they are of men—They are mortal men themselves; what better, then, can the idol be than its maker?

gathered together . . . stand up—as in a court of justice, to try the issue between God and them (see on Isa 41:1; Isa 41:21).

yet—wrongly inserted in English Version. The issue of the trial shall be, "they shall fear," &c.