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37 He will say, Where are their gods,(A)
    the rock in whom they took refuge,
38 Who ate the fat of their sacrifices
    and drank the wine of their libations?
Let them rise up now and help you!
    Let them be your protection!
39 See now that I, I alone, am he,
    and there is no god besides me.
It is I who bring both death and life,
    I who inflict wounds and heal them,
    and from my hand no one can deliver.(B)

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37 He will say: “Now where are their gods,
    the rock they took refuge in,(A)
38 the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices
    and drank the wine of their drink offerings?(B)
Let them rise up to help you!
    Let them give you shelter!

39 “See now that I myself am he!(C)
    There is no god besides me.(D)
I put to death(E) and I bring to life,(F)
    I have wounded and I will heal,(G)
    and no one can deliver out of my hand.(H)

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29 Ah, all of them are nothing,
    their works are nought,
    their idols, empty wind!

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29 See, they are all false!
    Their deeds amount to nothing;(A)
    their images(B) are but wind(C) and confusion.

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[a]Those who fashion idols are all nothing;
    their precious works are of no avail.
They are their witnesses:[b]
    they see nothing, know nothing,
    and so they are put to shame.(A)
10 Who would fashion a god or cast an idol,
    that is of no use?

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Footnotes

  1. 44:9–20 A satire on the makers and worshipers of idols.
  2. 44:9 Their witnesses: Israel has been called to bear witness to the awesome power of God (cf. 43:10, 12; 44:8), but idol makers cannot testify in support of their creations, for idols cannot act (Dt 4:28; Ps 135:15–18).

All who make idols(A) are nothing,
    and the things they treasure are worthless.(B)
Those who would speak up for them are blind;(C)
    they are ignorant, to their own shame.(D)
10 Who shapes a god and casts an idol,(E)
    which can profit nothing?(F)

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