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Day 361

"To whom will you liken Me"

Text: Isaiah 46:5

THE ADORNMENTS OF IDOLS

A description is given to how the idolaters adorned the images they made with their hands. This was a vivid description of how Israel worshipped idols then.

“To whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal
And compare Me, that we should be alike?
They lavish gold out of the bag,
And weigh silver on the scales;
They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god;
They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it
And set it in its place, and it stands;
From its place it shall not move.
Though one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer
Nor save him out of his trouble.”
Isaiah 46:5-7

1. Gold and Silver were used.

a) Gold was used lavishly.

b) Silver was measured out carefully.

2. Skilled smiths were hired.

a) They made the idols and adorned them well.

b) They proclaimed them to be “gods”.

c) They prostrated themselves before these idols to offer worship.

3. They carried their idols.

a) They bore these images on their shoulders.

b) They arranged pedestals for the idols in order to make sure they do not topple.

4. They cried out to these idols in prayer.

a) But the idols cannot answer them.

b) Nor could they deliver their devotees from their troubles.

THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL

1. Could these idols be equal to the LORD?

2. Could they compare the idols to the God of Israel?

3. Any comparison was absurd!