Isaiah 44:10-12

Contemporary English Version

¹⁰ Why make an idol or an image
    that can't do a thing?
¹¹ Everyone who makes idols
and all who worship them
    are mere humans,
who will end up
    sadly disappointed.
Let them face me in court
    and be terrified.

¹² A metalworker shapes an idol
by using a hammer^[a]
    and heat from the fire.
In his powerful hand
    he holds a hammer,
as he pounds the metal
    into the proper shape.
But he gets hungry and thirsty
    and loses his strength.