Cross references

Isaiah 44:9

All makers of idols are nothing,

and the things they treasure are worthless.

Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend,

so they are put to shame.

Isaiah 44:9 BSB

Isaiah 44:9 has 32 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 29 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 41:24 (6 votes) and Jeremiah 10:14–15 (6 votes). 49 other verses point back to it. It links with 23 other books, from Genesis 2 to Revelation 9.

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Which verses does Isaiah 44:9 point to?

The 20 strongest of 32, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

  2. Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

  3. Psalm 97:75 votes

    All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

  4. See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.

  5. What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak. Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.” …

  6. And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made. At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!” …

  7. Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

  8. Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

  9. In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship. They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

  10. Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands. They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands. …

  11. They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

  12. He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

  13. Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.

  14. They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship. They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.

  15. For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. …

Which verses point to Isaiah 44:9?

The 10 strongest of 49.