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11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; for the workmen, they are of men; even if all of them are gathered together and stand, they shall fear and shall be ashamed together.

12 The smith shall take the tongs; he shall work among the coals; he shall give it form with the hammers and bring forth in it the arm of his strength; though he is hungry and his strength fails: he shall not drink water, even if he faints.

13 The carpenter stretches out his rule; he measures it with a line; he fits it with planes; he marks it out with the compass; he makes it after the form of a noble man, in the likeness of the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

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11 People who do that will be put to shame;(A)
    such craftsmen are only human beings.
Let them all come together and take their stand;
    they will be brought down to terror and shame.(B)

12 The blacksmith(C) takes a tool
    and works with it in the coals;
he shapes an idol with hammers,
    he forges it with the might of his arm.(D)
He gets hungry and loses his strength;
    he drinks no water and grows faint.(E)
13 The carpenter(F) measures with a line
    and makes an outline with a marker;
he roughs it out with chisels
    and marks it with compasses.
He shapes it in human form,(G)
    human form in all its glory,
    that it may dwell in a shrine.(H)

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