Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 44:10

10. Who hath formed a god, or molten a. graven image that is profitable for nothing ?

What Man in his Wits can esteem, That a god which his own Hands have formed; or melt a Graven Image (understand out of the former Clause, to be his God) which is profitable for nothing? He speaks of melting a graven image, because the Image was first molten and cast in a Mould, and then polished and graven with a Tool, as was observed before. Or thus, Who art thou, O Man, that formest a god, or meltest a graven image to Worship it, which is profitable for nothing? Come hither, and let me reason the Case with thee. Which he doth in the following Verses: So this Verse is a kind of Summons to Idolaters, to come and plead their own Cause.

Marginal references: Hab. 2, 18.