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Whoמִיhas formedיָצַרa godאֵלand castוּ נָסָךְa carved imageפֶסֶלthat is of noלְבִלְתִּיprofit?הוֹעִיל
Isaiah 44:10
Study it in the app“Who has formed a god and cast a carved image that is of no profit?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 44:10, word by word
- has formedיָצַרyatsar
mold
To mold, as God molded man from dust.
Where else “yatsar” appears- a godאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- and castנָסָךְnasach
cast
To melt metal to make an idol.
Where else “nasach” appears- a carved imageפֶסֶלfesel
carved image
Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.
Where else “fesel” appears- profitהוֹעִילhoil
profit, be useful
To profit, to be of use, to serve for something.
Where else “hoil” appears
The context
9Those who form carved images, all of them are emptiness, and their desired things do not profit; and their witnesses, they do not see and do not know, so that they will be put to shame.
10 · This verse (above)
11Look, all his companions will be put to shame, and the craftsmen, they are from among human beings; let them gather, all of them, let them stand up; they will be in dread, they will be put to shame together.