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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Isaiah 44:15

Having related the practices of idolaters, he now discovers the vanity and folly of them; that he maketh his fire and his god of the same materials, distinguished only by the art of man.

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See also Isaiah 44:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEN SHALL IT BE FOR A MAN TO BURN - It will afford materials for a fire. The design of this verse and the following is, to ridicule the idea of a man’s using parts of the same tree to make a fire to...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 44 Jehovah Continues to Speak 1. _Spiritual blessings promised by the gift of the Spirit (Isaiah 44:1)_ 2. _Jehovah the First and the Last (Isaiah 44:6)_ 3. _Idolatry rebuked (Isaiah 44:9)_ 4...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 44:6; ISAIAH 44:21. THE INCOMPARABLENESS OF YAHWEH, WHO REDEEMS ISRAEL. Yahweh of (the heavenly) Hosts (Genesis 2:1 *, 1 Samuel 1:3 *) asserts Hi

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TAKE THEREOF. take [of the wood] thereof....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Isaiah 44:6-23. The Reality of Jehovah's Godhead, evinced by His Predictions, and contrasted with the manifold absurdities of Idolatry The passage, which is merely a restatement of ideas already expr...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    now meditated were actually taken....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    b. SHOWS THE FRAUDULENCE OF FALSE GODS TEXT: Isaiah 44:9-20 9 They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falle...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE IMPOTENCE OF IDOLS 1-23. The reproach of God's people shall be entirely removed. Jehovah the Eternal, who rules the events of history, contrasted with the futile gods of the heathen. 24-28. This...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 44 The connection between Chapter s 43 and 44 is similar to the connection...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (15-17) THEN SHALL IT BE.... — The point on which the prophet dwells with indignant iteration is that it is a mere chance which half of the shapeless log is to be worshipped as a god, and which to be...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָ֤ה לְ אָדָם֙ לְ בָעֵ֔ר וַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE FOLLY OF IDOLATRY Isaiah 44:12-20 We are here conducted to a metal idol factory, Isaiah 44:12. As we enter, we are forewarned that we shall find the workmen vain, and their delectable things unpr...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The beginning of this chapter (verses Isa 44:1-5) contains the gracious promise of the outpouring of the Spirit of God, and a description of the blessing of refreshment and renewal which will come to...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take of it, and (u) warm himself; indeed, he kindleth [it], and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth [it]; he maketh it a graven image, a...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    What a fine contrast does this view of the dung-hill god of a man's own creating, form with what went before, in which the glory of Jehovah is so sublimely set forth! If there were not facts existing...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    15., 16.,and 17._Then shall a man use it for burning. _He censures their ignorance in not being taught by manifest experience that a trunk of wood is not God, and even reproves their ingratitude in de...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 44 AND 45. Jehovah now reasons with His people whom He had formed from the womb, encourages them, promises them His Spirit. Their children shall spring up as...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SHALL IT BE FOR A MAN TO BURN,.... And which indeed is the proper use of it, but not all that this man puts it to; only the boughs, and what he cuts off as useless to his purpose, and the chips h...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth [it], and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth [it]; he maketh it a graven image, and fa...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The smith_, &c. “The sacred writers,” says Bishop Lowth, “are generally large and eloquent upon the subject of idolatry: they treat it with great severity, and set forth the absurdity of it in the st...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE VANITY OF IDOLATRY OVER AGAINST JEHOVAH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then shall it be for a man to burn, that is, ordinarily such a tree will yield fuel; FOR HE WILL TAKE THEREOF AND WARM HIMSELF; YEA, HE KINDLETH IT AND BAKETH BREAD; YEA, HE MAKETH A GOD AND WORSHIPET...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-20 Image-making is described, to expose the folly of idolaters. Though a man had used part of a log for fuel, he fell down before an image made of the remainder, praying it to deliver him. Man grea...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 44:15 man H120 burn H1197 (H8763) take H3947 (H8799) warm H2552 (H8799) kindles H5400 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH REVEALS THE FOLLY OF IDOLATRY (ISAIAH 44:10). Note the contrast of this passage with what precedes it. Isaiah brings out that while it is Yahweh Who formed Israel, the idol is merely fashioned...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    In this chapter, God encourages his Church by a promise of the visitation of his Spirit. Oh, that it may be fulfilled to us also! Isaiah 44:1. Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I hav...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    This evening, we will read two Chapter s from Isaiah's prophecy, the forty-fourth and the fifty-fifth, and a few verses from the twenty-third chapter of the second Book of Samuel. May the Lord bless a...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 44:1. _Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant;...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 44:1. _Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my Servant;...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The promise of the Spirit and the coming restoration. The folly of idolatry. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Cyrus. CONCLUSION: There is no God besides Jehovah. He is infinite and therefore...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 44:5. _Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord._ This phrase is somewhat obscure; it is not said whether they signed a covenant, or imprinted some mark on their hand. The latter sen...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _They that make a graven image_ THE VANITY OF GRAVEN IMAGES Substituting homely prose for glowing poetry we may, after a fashion, reduce the prophet’s thought to propositions like the following-- 1...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    IDOL-MAKERS Isaiah 44:9. _They that make a graven image, &c._ What have we in this section of this chapter? An effective exposure of the folly of a practice that was almost universal! A fact in itsel...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 44:1 A PROPHECY OF ISRAEL'S SPIRITUAL RECOVERY AND REGENERATION. This section is closely connected with Isaiah 43:1; of which it ought to form

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesh...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 25:14; Isaiah 44:10; Isaiah 45:20; Judges 2:19;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Fallen down — Having related the practices of idolaters, he now discovers the folly of them, that he makes his fire and his god of the same materials, distinguished only by the art of man....

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