Isaiah 44:8-20

8Do not trembleH6342 and do not beH3385 afraidH3385; 1Have I not longH3975 sinceH3975 announcedH8085 it to you and declaredH5046 it? And 2you are My witnessesH5707. IsH3426 thereH3426 anyH3426 GodH433 3besidesH4480H1107 Me, Or is there any other 4RockH6697? I knowH3045 of noneH1077.’”

9Those who fashionH3335 an idolH6459 are allH3605 futileH8414, and their treasuredH2530 thingsH2530 are of noH1077 benefitH3276; even their own witnessesH5707 failH1077 to seeH7200 or knowH3045, soH4616 thatH4616 they will be 5putH954 toH954 shameH954. 10WhoH4310 has fashionedH3335 a godH410 or castH5258 an idolH6459 to 6noH1115 benefitH3276? 11BeholdH2005, allH3605 his companionsH2270 will be 7putH954 toH954 shameH954, for the craftsmenH2796 themselvesH1992 are mereH4480 menH120. Let them allH3605 assembleH6908 themselves, let them standH5975 up, let them trembleH6342, let them be putH954 toH954 shameH954 togetherH3162.

12The 8craftsmanH2796 of ironH1270 shapes a cuttingH4621 toolH4621 and doesH6466 his workH6466 over the coalsH6352, 9fashioningH3335 it with hammersH4717 and workingH6466 it with his strongH3581 armH2220. He alsoH1571 getsH7456 hungryH7456 and 10his strengthH3581 failsH369; he drinksH8354 noH3808 waterH4325 and becomesH3286 wearyH3286. 1311The craftsmanH2796 of woodH6086 extendsH5186 a measuringH6957 lineH6957; he outlinesH8388 it with a markerH8279. He worksH6213 it with carvingH4741 knivesH4741 and outlinesH8388 it with a compassH4230, and makesH6213 it like the formH8403 of a manH376, like the beautyH8597 of 12mankindH120, so that it may sitH3427 in a 13houseH1004. 14He will cutH3772 cedarsH730 for himself, and he takesH3947 a holm-oakH8645 or another oakH437 and lets it growH553 strongH553 for himself among the treesH6086 of the forestH3293. He plantsH5193 a laurelH766 treeH766, and the rainH1653 makesH1431 it growH1431. 15Then it becomesH1961 something for a personH120 to burnH1197, so he takesH3947 one of them and getsH2552 warmH2552; he alsoH637 makesH5400 aH5400 fireH5400 and bakesH644 breadH3899. He alsoH637 14makesH6466 a godH410 and worshipsH2331 it; he makesH6213 it a carvedH6459 imageH6459 and 15bowsH5456 downH5456 before it. 16HalfH2677 of it he burnsH8313 in the fireH784; overH5921 this halfH2677 he eatsH398 meatH1320, he roastsH6740 a roastH6748, and isH7646 satisfiedH7646. He alsoH637 warmsH2552 himself and saysH559, “AhaH1889! I amH2552 warmH2552, I have seenH7200 the fireH217.” 17Yet the restH7611 of it he 16makesH6213 into a godH410, his carvedH6459 imageH6459. He bowsH5456 downH5456 before it and worshipsH2331; he also 17praysH6419 to it and saysH559, “SaveH5337 me, for you are my godH410.”

18They do not 18knowH3045, norH3808 do they understandH995, for He has 19smearedH2911 overH2911 their eyesH5869 soH4480 thatH4480 they cannotH4480 seeH7200, and their heartsH3820 soH4480 thatH4480 they cannotH4480 comprehendH7919. 19NoH3808 one 20remembersH7725H413H3820, norH3808 is there 21knowledgeH1847 or understandingH8394 to sayH559, “I have burnedH8313 halfH2677 of it in the fireH784 and alsoH637 have bakedH644 breadH3899 overH5921 its coalsH1513. I roastH6740 meatH1320 and eatH398 it. Then 22I makeH6213 the restH3499 of it into an 23abominationH8441, 24I bowH5456 downH5456 before a blockH944 of woodH6086!” 20He 2526feedsH7462 on ashesH665; a 27deceivedH8524 heartH3820 has misledH5186 him. And he cannotH3808 saveH5337 28himselfH5315, norH3808 sayH559, “29Is there not a lieH8267 in my rightH3225 handH3225?”