Isaiah 44:14

He 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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He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

In Context

13The 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

15Then a man uses it for a fire and warms himself. Yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. 1 Then he makes from it a god and bows down to it; he makes an idol and bows down to it. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:20To make an offering one chooses a wood that will not rot; 1 he seeks a skillful artisan to make an idol that will not fall over. 1

Hosea 4:12My people consult their wooden idols, 1 and their walking sticks give them prophecies. 1 For a mind of promiscuity has misled them, 1 and they have acted as prostitutes instead of being faithful to their God. 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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