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10     Who would form a god
    and cast an image of which he cannot profit?
11 Look! all his companions shall be ashamed,
    and the artisans are human!
Let all of them assemble;
    let them stand up.
They shall tremble;[a]
    they shall be ashamed together.
12 The ironsmith[b] works in the coals with his tool
    and forms it with hammers.
And he makes it with his strong arm;[c]
    indeed, he becomes hungry, and he lacks[d] strength;
    he does not drink water, and he is faint.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:11 Or “be startled”
  2. Isaiah 44:12 Literally “craftsman of iron”
  3. Isaiah 44:12 Literally “the arm of his strength”
  4. Isaiah 44:12 Literally “there is no”

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)

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