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Isaiah 44:15

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Then it will be for a man to burn;
and he takes some of it, and warms himself.
Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread.
Yes, he makes a god, and worships it;
he makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.

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Isaiah 44:15 in other translations

Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread: yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

Isaiah 44:15 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 44:15 in context

  1. 13The carpenter stretches out a line.
    He marks it out with a pencil.
    He shapes it with planes.
    He marks it out with compasses,
    and shapes it like the figure of a man,
    with the beauty of a man,
    to reside in a house.
  2. 14He cuts down cedars for himself,
    and takes the cypress and the oak,
    and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest.
    He plants a cypress tree,
    and the rain nourishes it.
  3. 15Then it will be for a man to burn;
    and he takes some of it, and warms himself.
    Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread.
    Yes, he makes a god, and worships it;
    he makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.
  4. 16He burns part of it in the fire.
    With part of it, he eats meat.
    He roasts a roast, and is satisfied.
    Yes, he warms himself,
    and says, “Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire.”
  5. 17The rest of it he makes into a god,
    even his engraved image.
    He bows down to it and worships,
    and prays to it, and says, “Deliver me; for you are my god!”