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--(Ha 2:18).

they are their own witnesses--contrasted with, "Ye are My witnesses" (Is 44:8). "They," that is, both the makers and the idols, are witnesses against themselves, for the idols palpably see and know nothing (Psa 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 Is 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; Psa 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 Is 41:1; Is 41:21).

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