Isaiah 41:24 Meaning
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
Context Explained
22Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
23Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
25I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
26Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Jeremiah 10:14
Both verses declare the worthlessness of idols and false gods.
1 Corinthians 8:4
This verse discusses the reality of idols being nothing in the light of God.
Isaiah 44:9
Both verses emphasize the futility of idol worship.
Source: Isaiah 41:24