10 Who has fashioned a god or cast [a]an idol to (A)no profit? 11 Behold, all his companions will be (B)put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are mere men. Let them all assemble themselves, let them stand up, let them tremble, let them together be put to shame.

12 The (C)man shapes iron into a cutting tool and does his work over the coals, [b]fashioning it with hammers and working it with his strong arm. He also gets hungry and [c]his strength fails; he drinks no water and becomes weary.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:10 Or a graven image
  2. Isaiah 44:12 Lit and fashions
  3. Isaiah 44:12 Lit there is no strength