The Folly of Idolatry
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1All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.
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2Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing?
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3Behold, all his companions shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen are only human. Let them all assemble, let them stand forth. They shall be terrified; they shall be put to shame together.
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4The ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint.
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The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. 5He shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.
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6He cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypress tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it.
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Then it becomes fuel for a man. He takes a part of it and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also he makes a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and falls down before it.
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Half of it he burns in the fire. Over the half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, "Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!"
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And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. 7He prays to it and says, "Deliver me, for you are my god!"
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They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.
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No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, "Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an 8abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?"
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Isaías 44:9
Todos os artífices de imagens esculpidas são nada; e as suas coisas mais desejáveis são de nenhum préstimo; e suas próprias testemunhas nada vêem nem entendem, para que eles sejam confundidos.
King James Version KJV
Isaiah 44:9
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
New King James Version NKJV
Isaiah 44:9
Those who make an image, all of them are useless, And their precious things shall not profit; They are their own witnesses; They neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed.
Nova Versão Internacional NVIP
Isaías 44:9
Todos os que fazem imagens nada são,e as coisas que estimam são sem valor.As suas testemunhas nada veeme nada sabem, para que sejam envergonhados.
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(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)