Isaiah 44:9–20

^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.

¹⁶He burneth part thereof in the fire;

With part thereof he eateth flesh;

He roasteth roast, and is satisfied:

Yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha,

I am warm, I have seen ^kthe fire:

¹⁷And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image:

He ⁱfalleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and ^lprayeth unto it,

And saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

^18mThey have not known nor understood:

For he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see;

And their hearts, that they cannot understand.

¹⁹And none considereth in his heart,

Neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say,

I have burnt part of it in the fire;

Yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof;

I have roasted flesh, and eaten it:

And shall I make the residue thereof an abomination?

Shall I ⁱfall down to the stock of a tree?

²⁰He ⁿfeedeth on ashes:

^oA deceived heart hath turned him aside,

That he cannot deliver his soul, nor say,

Is there not ^pa lie in my right hand?