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11 Look, all its devotees shall be put to shame; the artisans too are merely human. Let them all assemble, let them stand up; they shall be terrified, they shall all be put to shame.

12 The ironsmith fashions it[a] and works it over the coals, shaping it with hammers, and forging it with his strong arm; he becomes hungry and his strength fails, he drinks no water and is faint. 13 The carpenter stretches a line, marks it out with a stylus, fashions it with planes, and marks it with a compass; he makes it in human form, with human beauty, to be set up in a shrine.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:12 Cn: Heb an ax

11 People who do that will be put to shame;(A)
    such craftsmen are only human beings.
Let them all come together and take their stand;
    they will be brought down to terror and shame.(B)

12 The blacksmith(C) takes a tool
    and works with it in the coals;
he shapes an idol with hammers,
    he forges it with the might of his arm.(D)
He gets hungry and loses his strength;
    he drinks no water and grows faint.(E)
13 The carpenter(F) measures with a line
    and makes an outline with a marker;
he roughs it out with chisels
    and marks it with compasses.
He shapes it in human form,(G)
    human form in all its glory,
    that it may dwell in a shrine.(H)

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