Isaiah 44:15 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 44:15

It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread; he even fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

BSB

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ASV

Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread: yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

KJV

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 falleth down thereto.

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Commentary

2 voices

Justin Martyr

The First Apology, Chapter IX (165)

And neither do we honour with many sacrifices and garlands of flowers such deities as men have formed and set in shrines and called gods; since we see that these are soulless and dead, and have not the form of God (for we do not consider that God has such a form as some say that they imitate to His honour), but have the names and forms of those wicked demons which have appeared. For why need we tell you who already know, into what forms the craftsmen, carving and cutting, casting and hammering, fashion the materials?

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The same tree that furnishes the material for the god is in part used as fuel for a fire to cook his meals and warm himself! thereto--rather, "he falleth down before them," that is, such images [MAURER].

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָיָ֤ה	ve.ha.Yah	and it belongs	H1961 →
לְאָדָם֙	le.'a.Dam	to anyone	H120 →
לְבָעֵ֔ר	le.va.'Er	to burn	H1197 →
וַיִּקַּ֤ח	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
מֵהֶם֙	me.Hem	some of them
וַיָּ֔חָם	vai.Ya.chom	and he became warm	H2552 →
אַף־	'af-	also	H637 →
יַשִּׂ֖יק	ya.Sik	he kindles a fire	H5400 →
וְאָ֣פָה	ve.'A.fah	and he bakes	H644 →
לָ֑חֶם	La.chem	bread	H3899 →
אַף־	'af-	also	H637 →
יִפְעַל־	yif.'al-	he makes	H6466 →
אֵל֙	'el	a god	H410 →
וַיִּשְׁתָּ֔חוּ	vai.yish.Ta.chu	and he bowed down	H7812 →
עָשָׂ֥הוּ	'a.Sa.hu	he makes it	H6213 →
פֶ֖סֶל	Fe.sel	an idol	H6459 →
וַיִּסְגָּד־	vai.yis.god-	and he prostrated himself	H5456 →
לָֽמוֹ׃	la.mo	to it

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 44:10
Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?
leads to
- Jeremiah 10:5
  Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Revelation 9:20
Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze,…
leads to
- Daniel 5:23
  Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised…
- Deuteronomy 31:29
  For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will…
- Romans 1:21–23
  For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
- 1 Timothy 4:1
  Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
- Revelation 9:21
  Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.
Through
Judges 2:19
But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices…
leads to
- Judges 8:33
  And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
- Judges 4:1
  After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.

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Where the connections lead

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About Isaiah