Isaiah 44
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Isaiah 44:9-17

9They that fashion a graven imageH6459 are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profitH3276; and their own witnessesH5707 seeH7200 not, nor knowH3045: that they may be putH954 to shameH954. 10Who hath fashioned a godH410, or molten an imageH6459 that is profitable for nothing? 11Behold, all his fellows shall be putH954 to shameH954; and the workmen, they are of menH120: let them all be gatheredH6908 togetherH3162, let them standH5975 up; they shall fearH6342, they shall be putH954 to shameH954 togetherH3162.

12The smithmakethan axeH1270, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammersH4717, and worketh it with his strong armH2220: yea, he is hungryH7456, and his strengthH2220 faileth; he drinketh no waterH4325, and is faint. 13The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he shapeth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and shapeth it after the figure of a manH376, according to the beautyH8597 of a manH376, to dwellH3427 in a houseH1004. 14He heweth him downH3772 cedarsH730, and taketh the holm-tree and the oakH437, and strengtheneth for himself one among the treesH6086 of the forestH3293: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rainH1653 doth nourish it. 15Then shall it beH1961 for a manH120 to burnH1197; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh breadH3899: yea, he maketh a godH410, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven imageH6459, and falleth downH7812 thereto. 16He burneth part thereof in the fireH784; with part thereof he eateth fleshH1320; he roasteth roastH6748, and is satisfiedH7646; yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, AhaH1889, I am warmH2552, I have seenH7200 the fireH784. 17And the residue thereof he maketh a godH410, even his graven imageH6459; he falleth downH7812 unto it and worshippeth, and prayeth unto it, and saith, DeliverH5337 me; for thou art my godH410.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain