Isaiah 44:13

The carpenter measures the wood with a line, and marks it with a stylus. 1 He shapes it with his tools and marks it out with a compass. 1 He shapes it after the figure of a man, like an attractive human, so it may stay in a house. 1

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In The King James Version

The carpenter 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.

In Context

12The smith works with his tools, forming it, working over the coals. 1 He shapes it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. 1 He is hungry, and his strength wanes; he drinks no water and becomes faint. 1

14He cuts down cedars, or chooses a cypress tree or an oak tree. 1 He picks for himself trees in the forest. He plants a fir tree and the rain makes it grow. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 31:30Now you have gone away because you longed to return to your father's house. But why did you steal my gods?”

Genesis 35:2Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your clothes.

Deuteronomy 4:16that you do not corrupt yourselves and by making a carved image in the form of any figure, in the likeness of male or female,

Deuteronomy 27:15'May the man be cursed who makes a carved or cast figure, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of a craftsman, and who sets it up in secret.' Then all the people must answer and say, 'Amen.'

Judges 18:24He said, “You stole the gods that I made, you have taken my priest, and you are leaving. What else do I have left? How can you ask me, 'What is bothering you?'”

Isaiah 41:7So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith, and he who works with the hammer encourages him who works with an anvil, 1 saying of the welding, 'It is good.' They fasten it with nails so it will not topple over. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 44:10-21

The Folly of Idolatry. ( b. c. 708.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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