Isaiah 44:10-12

New Catholic Bible

¹⁰ Who would waste his time in fashioning a god or casting an image that will serve no purpose? ¹¹ All who believe in their power will be put to shame, as will the craftsmen who fashioned them. Let them all assemble and approach me with terror and with shame.

¹² The blacksmith fashions an ax over the coals, shaping it with hammers and forging it with his strong arm. Then he becomes hungry and his strength fails, and he becomes exhausted because he has not consumed any water.