Isa 44:9 | 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

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.