11 Behold, all that are of the [a]fellowship thereof, shall be confounded: for the workmen themselves are men: let them all be gathered together, and [b]stand up, yet they shall fear, and be confounded together.

12 The smith taketh an instrument, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms, yea, he is [c]an hungered, and his strength faileth, he drinketh no water, and is faint.

13 The carpenter stretcheth forth a line, he fashioneth it with a red thread, he planeth it, and he portrayeth it with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, and according to the beauty of a man, that it may remain in [d]an house.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:11 That is, which by any way consent either to the making or worshipping.
  2. Isaiah 44:11 Signifying, that the multitude shall not then save the idolaters, when God will take vengeance, although they excuse themselves thereby among men.
  3. Isaiah 44:12 He describeth the raging affection of the idolaters, which forget their own necessities to set forth their devotion toward their idols.
  4. Isaiah 44:13 To place it in some Temple.

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