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Isaiah 44:10-20
Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 44:10-20
Tree of Life Version
10 Who fashions a god or casts an idol
for no profit?
11 Behold, all his friends will be ashamed,
for the craftsmen are only human.
Let them all assemble.
Let them stand up.
Let them dread.
Let them be put to shame together.
12 The blacksmith takes a tool
and works with it over the coals,
fashioning it with hammers
and working it with his strong arm.
Yet when he is hungry, his strength fails.
When he drinks no water, he gets tired.
13 A carpenter stretches out a line;
he marks it with a pencil;
he shapes it with planes;
he marks it with a compass;
he shapes it like the figure of a man
—like the beauty of a man—
so that it may sit in a shrine.
14 He chops down cedars for himself,
or he takes a cypress or an oak.
He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest.
He plants a pine and rain nourishes it.
15 Then it is something for a man to burn.
so he takes one of them and warms himself.
He also makes a fire to bake bread.
He also makes a god and worships it.
He makes an idol and bows before it.
16 He burns half of it in the fire.
With this half, he eats meat.
He roasts a roast and is satisfied.
He also warms himself and says,
“Ah! I am warm, I have seen the fire.”
17 Yet with the rest he makes a god, his carved image.
He falls down before it and worships.
He even prays to it and says,
“Deliver me, for you are my god!”
18 They do not know or understand!
For He smeared over their eyes, so they cannot see,
and their hearts, so they cannot understand.
19 No one reflects in his heart,
with no knowledge or discernment
to say, “I burned half of it in the fire
and I also baked bread on its coals.
I roasted meat and ate—
and then I make the rest of it an abomination?
Should I bow before a block of wood?”
20 He is feeding on ashes.
A deceived heart has led him astray,
so he cannot deliver his soul, nor say,
“Isn’t what is in my right hand a fraud?”
Isaiah 44:10-20
New International Version
Isaiah 44:10-20
New International Version
10 Who shapes a god and casts an idol,(A)
which can profit nothing?(B)
11 People who do that will be put to shame;(C)
such craftsmen are only human beings.
Let them all come together and take their stand;
they will be brought down to terror and shame.(D)
12 The blacksmith(E) 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.(F)
He gets hungry and loses his strength;
he drinks no water and grows faint.(G)
13 The carpenter(H) 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,(I)
human form in all its glory,
that it may dwell in a shrine.(J)
14 He cut down cedars,
or perhaps took a cypress or oak.
He let it grow among the trees of the forest,
or planted a pine,(K) and the rain made it grow.
15 It is used as fuel(L) for burning;
some of it he takes and warms himself,
he kindles a fire and bakes bread.
But he also fashions a god and worships(M) it;
he makes an idol and bows(N) down to it.
16 Half of the wood he burns in the fire;
over it he prepares his meal,
he roasts his meat and eats his fill.
He also warms himself and says,
“Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.(O)”
17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol;
he bows down to it and worships.(P)
He prays(Q) to it and says,
“Save(R) me! You are my god!”
18 They know nothing, they understand(S) nothing;
their eyes(T) are plastered over so they cannot see,
and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
19 No one stops to think,
no one has the knowledge or understanding(U) to say,
“Half of it I used for fuel;(V)
I even baked bread over its coals,
I roasted meat and I ate.
Shall I make a detestable(W) thing from what is left?
Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”(X)
20 Such a person feeds on ashes;(Y) a deluded(Z) heart misleads him;
he cannot save himself, or say,
“Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?(AA)”
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