Isaiah 44:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

One worker uses his tools to heat iron over hot coals. Then he uses his hammer to beat the metal to shape it into a statue. He uses his own powerful arms, but when he gets hungry, he loses his strength. If he does not drink water, he becomes weak.

Cross References

Isaiah 40:19

No, but some people make statues from rock or wood, and they call them gods. One worker makes a statue. Then another worker covers it with gold and makes silver chains for it.

Habakkuk 2:13

But the Lord All-Powerful has decided that a fire will destroy everything that those people worked to build. All their work will be for nothing.

Exodus 32:8

They have very quickly turned away from what I commanded them to do. They made a calf from melted gold for themselves. They are worshiping that calf and making sacrifices to it. The people have said, ‘Israel, these are the gods that led you out of Egypt.’”

Exodus 32:4

He took the gold from the people and used it to make an idol. Using a special tool, he shaped the gold into a statue of a calf. Then the people said, “Israel, here are your gods! These are the gods that brought you out of the land of Egypt!”

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will serve gods made by men—things made of wood and stone that cannot see or hear or eat or smell!

Isaiah 40:20

For the base he chooses special wood, a kind of wood that will not rot. Then he finds a good wood worker, and the worker makes a “god” that will not fall over.

Habakkuk 2:18

Their false god will not help them, because it is only a statue that someone covered with metal. It is only a statue, so whoever made it cannot expect it to help. That statue cannot even speak!

Zechariah 1:20

The Lord showed me four workers.