Isaiah 44:10-11

44:10 Who forms a god and casts an idol

that will prove worthless? ¹ 

44:11 Look, all his associates ²  will be put to shame;

the craftsmen are mere humans. ³ 

Let them all assemble and take their stand!

They will panic and be put to shame.

[44:10]  ¹ tn The rhetorical question is sarcastic. The sense is, “Who is foolish enough…?”

[44:11]  ² tn The pronoun “his” probably refers to the one who forms/casts an idol (v. 10), in which case it refers to the craftsman’s associates in the idol-manufacturing guild.

[44:11]  ³ sn The point seems to be this: If the idols are the mere products of human hands, then those who trust in them will be disappointed, for man-made gods are incapable of helping their “creators.”