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Isaiah 44:13-15
Lexham English Bible
Isaiah 44:13-15
Lexham English Bible
13 The woodworker[a] stretches out a line;
he makes an outline of it with a marker.
He makes it with a knife
and makes an outline of it with a compass.
He makes it like the image of a man,
like the beauty of a human, to dwell in a temple.[b]
14 Cutting down cedars for himself,
he chooses[c] a holm tree and an oak,
and he lets it grow strong for him among the trees of the forest.
He plants a cedar, and the rain makes it grow.
15 And it becomes fuel for a human,[d]
and he takes some of it and grows warm;
also, he kindles a fire and bakes bread.
Also, he makes a god and bows in worship;
he makes himself an image and bows down to it!
Footnotes
- Isaiah 44:13 Literally “craftsman of wood”
- Isaiah 44:13 Or “house”
- Isaiah 44:14 Literally “takes”
- Isaiah 44:15 Literally “will become for a man as burning”
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