Isaiah 44:9-17

Isaiah 44:9-17

[9] They that make  a graven image  are all of them vanity;  and their delectable things  shall not profit;  and they are their own witnesses;  they see  not, nor know;  that they may be ashamed.  [10] Who hath formed  a god,  or molten  a graven image  that is profitable  for nothing?  [11] Behold, all his fellows  shall 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.  [12] The smith  with the tongs  both worketh  in the coals,  and fashioneth  it with hammers,  and worketh  it with the strength  of his arms:  and his strength  faileth:  he drinketh  no water,  and is faint.  [13] 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.  [14] He heweth him down  cedars,  and taketh  the cypress  and the oak,  which he strengtheneth  for himself among the trees  of the forest:  he planteth  an ash,  and the rain  doth nourish  it. [15] Then shall it be for a man  to 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 falleth down  thereto. [16] He 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  the fire:  [17] And the residue  thereof he maketh  a god,  even his graven image:  he falleth down  unto it, and worshippeth  it, and prayeth  unto it, and saith,  Deliver  me; for thou art my god.