Isaiah 44:14

Isaiah 44:14 in other translations

Isaiah 44:14 in context

1. 12The blacksmith takes an ax,
   works in the coals,
   fashions it with hammers,
   and works it with his strong arm.
   He is hungry,
   and his strength fails;
   he drinks no water,
   and is faint.
2. 13The carpenter stretches out a line.
   He marks it out with a pencil.
   He shapes it with planes.
   He marks it out with compasses,
   and shapes it like the figure of a man,
   with the beauty of a man,
   to reside in a house.
3. 14He cuts down cedars for himself,
   and takes the cypress and the oak,
   and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest.
   He plants a cypress tree,
   and the rain nourishes it.
4. 15Then it will be for a man to burn;
   and he takes some of it, and warms himself.
   Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread.
   Yes, he makes a god, and worships it;
   he makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.
5. 16He burns part of it in the fire.
   With part of it, he eats meat.
   He roasts a roast, and is satisfied.
   Yes, he warms himself,
   and says, “Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire.”