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SEPTEMBER 26
And your mediators have transgressed 11 Surely all his companions would be
against Me. ashamed;
28 Therefore I will profane the princes of And the workmen, they are mere men.
the sanctuary; Let them all be gathered together,
I will give Jacob to the curse, Let them stand up;
And Israel to reproaches. Yet they shall fear,
They shall be ashamed together.
44 “Yet hear me now, O Jacob 12 The blacksmith with the tongs works
My servant,
And Israel whom I have chosen. one in the coals,
2 Thus says the LORD who made you Fashions it with hammers,
And formed you from the womb, who And works it with the strength of his
will help you: arms.
‘Fear not, O Jacob My servant; Even so, he is hungry, and his strength
And you, Jeshurun, whom I have fails;
chosen. He drinks no water and is faint.
3 For I will pour water on him who is 13
thirsty, The craftsman stretches out his rule,
And floods on the dry ground; He marks one out with chalk;
He fashions it with a plane,
I will pour My Spirit on your He marks it out with the compass,
descendants,
And My blessing on your offspring; And makes it like the figure of a man,
4 They will spring up among the grass According to the beauty of a man, that
Like willows by the watercourses.’ 14 it may remain in the house.
5 One will say, ‘I am the LORD’s’; He cuts down cedars for himself,
Another will call himself by the name And takes the cypress and the oak;
He secures it for himself among the
of Jacob;
trees of the forest.
Another will write with his hand, He plants a pine, and the rain
‘The LORD’s,’
And name himself by the name of Israel. nourishes it.
15 Then it shall be for a man to burn,
6 “Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel,
And his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: For he will take some of it and warm
himself;
‘I am the First and I am the Last; Yes, he kindles it and bakes bread;
Besides Me there is no God.
And who can proclaim as I do? He makes it a carved image, and falls
7 Indeed he makes a god and worships it;
Then let him declare it and set it in down to it.
order for Me, 16 He burns half of it in the fire;
Since I appointed the ancient people. With this half he eats meat;
And the things that are coming and He roasts a roast, and is satisfied.
shall come, He even warms himself and says,
Let them show these to them.
8 Do not fear, nor be afraid; “Ah! I am warm,
I have seen the fire.”
Have I not told you from that time, 17 And the rest of it he makes into a god,
and declared it? His carved image.
You are My witnesses. He falls down before it and worships it,
Is there a God besides Me? Prays to it and says,
Indeed there is no other Rock; “Deliver me, for you are my god!”
I know not one.’”
18 They do not know nor understand;
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Those who make an image, all of them For He has shut their eyes, so that
are useless, they cannot see,
And their precious things shall not And their hearts, so that they cannot
profit; understand.
They are their own witnesses; 19 And no one considers in his heart,
They neither see nor know, that they Nor is there knowledge nor
may be ashamed. understanding to say,
10 Who would form a god or mold an image “I have burned half of it in the fire,
That profits him nothing? Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals;

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