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11 Those who work with him will all be ashamed.
    Those workers with special skills are only human.
They should come together,
    and they should stand in front of me.
That will make them very frightened.
    They will realize how foolish they are!
12 This is how they make their idols:

A man who works with iron takes his tool. He makes the metal hot in the fire. Then he uses hammers to hit it with his strong arms. He hits it so that it has the right shape. But then he becomes hungry. He is too weak to work any more. He does not drink any water and so he feels tired.

13 A carpenter measures a piece of wood. Then he draws a shape for the image. He uses his tools to cut the wood. He carefully makes it have the right shape. He makes the image have the shape of a human. It looks like a beautiful person. Now it is ready to go in its special room.

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