Excerpt - Apocalyptic Commentary of the Book of Isaiah by Avraham Gileadi, Ph.D.

46:5-7 To whom will you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me, that we should appear similar? They who squander gold from the purse and weigh out silver on the scales hire a smith to make them a god they bow down to and worship. They bear it aloft, carrying it on their shoulders; when they set it in place, there it stands, unable to budge from its spot. Though they cry to it for help, it does not answer; it cannot save them from trouble.

Whether statues of wood and clay that ostensibly represent the true God, or sophisticated inventions fabricated of modern materials of which ancient idols are a type, none can be relied on to perform a saving role. The moment one entertains that idea he already repudiates the only Savior-God. Isn't it solemn mockery and a desecration of Jehovah's reality-which resembles nothing made by human hands-to fashion mere images of him or to supplant him in their lives with manmade objects so that even the prophets' parodies of helpless idols seem unable to break their spell (Deuteronomy 4:23-25)?

46:8-9 Put yourselves in mind of this and come to your senses; take it to heart, you offenders. Review the prophecies of the events of old! I am God, there is none other. I am divine; nothing resembles me.

In innumerable past instances of his people's idolatry Jehovah was compelled to punish them under the terms of his covenant by letting covenant curses take their course-so much, that accounts of his people's recalcitrance comprise much of their ancient history with but few examples of covenant keeping to brighten the record. Must they now repeat that part of their past as they come to history's finale? From the very first to the very last Jehovah cautions them to cease worshiping the works of men's hands. Moses warned them in his day even as Jehovah's servant does now (vv 11-13; Isaiah 50:4-11).

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