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⌂ ← ISA 44:9–44:20 → ║ ©
Idolatry Is Ridiculous
Idolatry Is Ridiculous
- 9 All those who form an idol are nothing, and their delightful things do not profit.
- And their witnesses do not see or know,
- so they will be ashamed.
- 10 Who would form a god and cast an image of which he cannot profit?
- 11 Look! all his companions shall be ashamed, and the artisans are human!
- Let all of them assemble;
- They shall tremble;[fn]
- they shall be ashamed together.
- 12 The ironsmith[fn] works in the coals with his tool and forms it with hammers.
- And he makes it with his strong arm ;[fn]
- indeed, he becomes hungry, and he lacks[fn] strength;
- he does not drink water, and he is faint.
- 13 The woodworker[fn] stretches out a line; he makes an outline of it with a marker.
- He makes it with a knife
- and makes an outline of it with a compass.
- He makes it like the image of a man,
- like the beauty of a human, to dwell in a temple.[fn]
- 14 Cutting down cedars for himself, he chooses[fn] a holm tree and an oak,
- and he lets it grow strong for him among the trees of the forest.
- He plants a cedar, and the rain makes it grow.
- 15 And it becomes fuel for a human ,[fn] and he takes some of it and grows warm;
- also, he kindles a fire and bakes bread.
- Also, he makes a god and bows in worship;
- he makes himself an image and bows down to it!
- 16 He burns half of it in the fire; he eats meat over half of it;
- he roasts a roast and is satisfied.
- Also he grows warm and says, “Ah!
- I am warm! I see the fire!”
- 17 And he makes the remainder of it into a god!He bows down to his idol,
- and he bows in worship and prays to him,
- and he says, “Save me, for you are my god!”
- 18 They do not know, and they do not understand,
- for their eyes are besmeared so that they cannot see ,[fn]
- their minds[fn] so that they have no insight .[fn]
- 19 And no one takes it to heart ,[fn] and there is no knowledge and no understanding to say, “I burned half of it in the fire
- and also I baked bread on its coals;
- I roasted meat, and I have eaten.
- And I shall make the rest of it into an abomination!
- I shall bow down to a block of wood!”
- 20 He feeds on ashes; a deceived mind[fn] misleads him. And he cannot save himself ,[fn] and he cannot say,
- “Is this not an illusion in my right hand?”
⌂ ← ISA 44:9–44:20 → ║ ©
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