Isaiah 41:24
24 But you are less than nothing and your works are utterly worthless; whoever chooses you is detestable.
Other Translations of Isaiah 41:24
King James Version
24 Behold, ye are of nothing,
English Standard Version
24 Behold, you are nothing, and your work is less than nothing; an abomination is he who chooses you.
The Message
24 They say nothing, because they are nothing - sham gods, no-gods, fool-making gods.
New King James Version
24 Indeed you are nothing, And your work is nothing; He who chooses you is an abomination.
New Living Translation
24 But no! You are less than nothing and can do nothing at all. Those who choose you pollute themselves.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 41:24
Commentary on Isaiah 41:21-29
(Read Isaiah 41:21-29)
There needs no more to show the folly of sin, than to bring to notice the reasons given in defence of it. There is nothing in idols worthy of regard. They are less than nothing, and worse than nothing. Let the advocates of other doctrines than that of salvation through Christ, bring their arguments. Can they tell of a cure for human depravity? Jehovah has power which cannot be withstood; this he will make appear. But the certain knowledge of the future must be only with Jehovah, who fulfils his own plans. All prophecies, except those of the Bible, have been uncertain. In the work of redemption the Lord showed himself much more than in the release of the Jews from Babylon. The good tidings the Lord will send in the gospel, is a mystery hid from ages and generations. A Deliverer is raised up for us, of nobler name and greater power than the deliverer of the captive Jews. May we be numbered among his obedient servants and faithful friends.