Isaiah 44:12-14

Lexham English Bible

¹² The ironsmith^[a] works in the coals with his tool
    and forms it with hammers.
And he makes it with his strong arm;^[b]
    indeed, he becomes hungry, and he lacks^[c] strength;
    he does not drink water, and he is faint.
¹³ The woodworker^[d] 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.^[e]
14 Cutting down cedars for himself,
    he chooses^[f] 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.