Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
The verse stands in Isaiah 41-45, where God very fully reveals His purpose for His people. It belongs to a declaration from the Lord that is full of promises, encouragement and assurance. It means God does not direct His people to turn away from Him and look to finite man for wisdom. It shows that people are not to trust in men or rely on human power and make flesh their arm, for the Lord alone is to be their trust.
The Lord is not to be trifled with. He calls His people to diligent and most earnest work of repentance, and He gives strength to His own people. It comforts true believers amid the afflicting experience of coming judgments on the world, including earthquakes, storms on land and sea, and heavy calamities near the close of this earth's history. Its word will certainly be fulfilled, and those in these latter days who meet its conditions will have the Lord do all He has promised. This section of Isaiah is to be prayerfully studied.
The verse stands in Isaiah 41-45, where God very fully reveals His purpose for His people. It belongs to a declaration from the Lord that is full of promises, encouragement and assurance. It means God does not direct His people to turn away from Him and look to finite man for wisdom. It shows that people are not to trust in men or rely on human power and make flesh their arm, for the Lord alone is to be their trust.
The Lord is not to be trifled with. He calls His people to diligent and most earnest work of repentance, and He gives strength to His own people. It comforts true believers amid the afflicting experience of coming judgments on the world, including earthquakes, storms on land and sea, and heavy calamities near the close of this earth's history. Its word will certainly be fulfilled, and those in these latter days who meet its conditions will have the Lord do all He has promised. This section of Isaiah is to be prayerfully studied.