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Isaiah 44:3-13 (New International Version)

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The Lord,= Not Idols

6 "This is what the LORD says-- Israel's King12 and Redeemer,13 the LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last;14 apart from me there is no God.15 7 Who then is like me?16 Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and lay out before me what has happened since I established my ancient people, and what is yet to come-- yes, let him foretell17 what will come. 8 Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim18 this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God19 besides me? No, there is no other Rock;20 I know not one." 9 All who make idols21 are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless.22 Those who would speak up for them are blind;23 they are ignorant, to their own shame.24 10 Who shapes a god and casts an idol,25 which can profit him nothing?26 11 He and his kind will be put to shame;27 craftsmen are nothing but men. Let them all come together and take their stand; they will be brought down to terror and infamy.28 12 The blacksmith29 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.30 He gets hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and grows faint.31 13 The carpenter32 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 the form of man,33 of man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.34
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