"Behold, they {are} all vanity; their works {are} nothing: their molten images {are} wind and confusion." — Isaiah 41:29

Isaiah 41:29 · KJV

“Behold, they {are} all vanity; their works {are} nothing: their molten images {are} wind and confusion.”

— Isaiah 41:29

For I beheld, and {there was} no man; even among them, and {there was} no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. {answer: Heb. return}

Isaiah 41 — Context

The first {shall say} to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

For I beheld, and {there was} no man; even among them, and {there was} no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. {answer: Heb. return}

Behold, they {are} all vanity; their works {are} nothing: their molten images {are} wind and confusion.

Cross References

Jeremiah 5:13

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word {is} not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

Isaiah 41:24

Behold, ye {are} of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination {is he that} chooseth you. {of nothing: or, worse than nothing} {of nought: or, worse than of a viper}

Jeremiah 10:2-16

Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

Habakkuk 2:18

What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? {maker of...: Heb. fashioner of his fashion}

Psalms 135:15-18

The idols of the heathen {are} silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Isaiah 44:9-20

They that make a graven image {are} all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they {are} their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. {delectable: Heb. desirable}

Psalms 115:4-8

Their idols {are} silver and gold, the work of men's hands.