Isaiah 44
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Isaiah 44:12-15

12The blacksmithH2796H1270 takes a toolH4621 and laborsH6466 over the coalsH6352; he fashionsH3335 an idol with hammersH4717 and forgesH6466 it with his strongH3581 armsH2220. YetH1571 he grows hungryH7456 and loses his strengthH3581H369; he failsH3808 to drinkH8354 waterH4325 and grows faintH3286.13The woodworkerH2796H6086 extendsH5186 a measuring lineH6957; he marks it outH8388 with a stylusH8279; he shapesH6213 it with chiselsH4741 and outlinesH8388 it with a compassH4230. He fashions itH6213 in the likenessH8403 of manH376, like manH120 in all his gloryH8597, that it may dwellH3427 in a shrineH1004.14He cuts downH3772 cedarsH730 or retrievesH3947 a cypressH86451 or oakH437. He lets it grow strongH553 among the treesH6086 of the forestH3293. He plantsH5193 a laurelH766, and the rainH1653 makes it growH1431.15It servesH1961 as fuelH1197 for manH120. He takesH3947 some of it to warm himselfH2552, andH637 he kindles a fireH5400 and bakesH644 his breadH3899. He alsoH637 fashions itH6466 into a godH410 and worships itH7812; he makesH6213 an idolH6459 and bows downH5456 to it.

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  1. 1. Isaiah 44:14 Or pine or juniper or fir ↩

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