Isaiah 44:12

New King James Version

The blacksmith with the tongs works one in the coals, Fashions it with hammers, And works it with the strength of his arms. Even so, he is hungry, and his strength fails; He drinks no water and is faint.

Cross References

Isaiah 40:19

The workman molds an image, The goldsmith overspreads it with gold, And the silversmith casts silver chains.

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts That the peoples labor to feed the fire, And nations weary themselves in vain?

Exodus 32:8

They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ ”

Exodus 32:4

And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf. Then they said, “This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!”

Deuteronomy 4:28

And there you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

Isaiah 40:20

Whoever is too impoverished for such a contribution Chooses a tree that will not rot; He seeks for himself a skillful workman To prepare a carved image that will not totter.

Habakkuk 2:18

“What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it, The molded image, a teacher of lies, That the maker of its mold should trust in it, To make mute idols?

Zechariah 1:20

Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen.