Isaiah 44:14-16

International Standard Version

¹⁴ He cuts down cedars, or chooses a cypress tree or an oak, and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. Or he plants a cedar, and the rain makes it grow. ¹⁵ He divides it up^[a] for people to burn. Taking part of it, he warms himself, makes a fire, and bakes bread. Or perhaps^[b] he constructs a god and worships it. He makes it an idol and bows down to it. ¹⁶ Half the wood he burns in the fire, and^[c] over^[d] that half he places^[e] meat so he can eat. He sits by its coals, warms himself,^[f] and says, “Ah! I am warm in front of^[g] the fire.”