Isaiah 44:12

God's Word

Blacksmiths shape iron into tools. They work them over the coals and shape them with hammers, working them with their strong arms. They get hungry, and their strength fails. If they don’t drink water, they will faint.

Cross References

Exodus 32:4

After he had worked on the gold with a tool, he made it into a statue of a calf. Then they said, “Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.”

Exodus 32:8

They’ve already turned from the way I commanded them to live. They’ve made a statue of a calf for themselves. They’ve bowed down to it and offered sacrifices to it. They’ve said, ‘Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.’ ”

Isaiah 40:19

Craftsmen make idols. Goldsmiths cover them with gold. Silversmiths make silver chains for them.

Isaiah 40:20

The poorest people choose wood that will not rot and search out skillful craftsmen to set up idols that will not fall over.

Habakkuk 2:13

Isn’t it from the Lord of Armies that people grow tired only to feed the flames and nations exhaust themselves for nothing?

Habakkuk 2:18

“What benefit is there in a carved idol when its maker has carved it? What benefit is there in a molded statue, a teacher of lies, when its maker has molded it? The one who formed it trusts himself to make worthless idols that cannot speak.

Zechariah 1:20

Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen.

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will worship wooden and stone gods made by human hands. These gods can’t see, hear, eat, or smell.