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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Isaiah 44:9

They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and (m) their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses; (n) they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

(m) Whatever they bestow on their idols, to make them seem glorious.

(n) That is, the idolaters seeing that their idols are blind, are witnesses of their own blindness, and feeling that they are not able to help them, must confess that they have no power.

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