Isaiah 44
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Isaiah 44:14-17

14He will cut cedars for himself, and he takes a holm-oak or another oak and lets it grow strong for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel tree, and the rain makes it grow. 15Then it becomes something for a person to burn, so he takes one of them and gets warm; he also makes a fire and bakes bread. He also 1makes a god and worships it; he makes it a carved image and 2bows down before it. 16Half of it he burns in the fire; over this half he eats meat, he roasts a roast, and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, “Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire.” 17Yet the rest of it he 3makes into a god, his carved image. He bows down before it and worships; he also 4prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 44:15 Is 44:17 ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 44:15 2 Chr 25:14 ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 44:17 Is 44:15 ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 44:17 1 Kin 18:26, 28; Is 45:20 ↩

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