Yesaya 34:1

The Lord Will Judge Edom

34:1 Come near, you nations, and listen!

Pay attention, you people!

The earth and everything it contains must listen,

the world and everything that lives in it. ¹ 

Yesaya 44:11

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.

[34:1]  ¹ tn Heb “the world and its offspring”; NASB “the world and all that springs from it.”

[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.”