Isaiah 44:9–15

^9xThey that make a graven image are all of them vanity;

And their delectable things shall not profit;

And ^ythey are their own witnesses;

^zThey see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

¹⁰Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image

^aThat is profitable for nothing?

¹¹Behold, all his fellows ^bshall be ashamed:

And the workmen, they are of men:

Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up;

Yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

^12cThe smith with the tongs both worketh in ^dthe coals,

And fashioneth it ^ewith hammers,

And worketh it with the strength of his arms:

Yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth:

He drinketh no water, and is faint.

¹³The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line;

He fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass,

And maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man;

That it may remain in the house.

¹⁴He heweth him down cedars, and taketh ^fthe cypress and the oak,

Which ^ghe strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest:

He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

^15hThen shall it be for a man ⁱto burn:

For he will take thereof, and warm himself;

Yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread;

Yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it;

He maketh it a graven image, and ^jfalleth down thereto.