Isaiah 44:9-20
“They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.”
King James Version
The futility and shame of idol-making declared, fulfilled in the collapse of every civilization that trusted in idols.
Fulfillment References
Romans 1:21-23 Acts 19:26 Jeremiah 10:14
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