“Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.”
The indictment of idolaters—'They have no knowledge, those who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save'—scathingly criticizes those who trust idols despite demonstrated inability to help. The reference to 'no knowledge' suggests spiritual blindness. The emphasis that idols 'cannot save' establishes the futility of idolatry. This verse establishes an explicit contrast with Yahweh, the actual savior.
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