“He 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.”
Isaiah 44:14 (WEB)
Context Reading
12The blacksmith takes an ax,works in the coals,fashions it with hammers,and works it with his strong arm.He is hungry,and his strength fails;he drinks no water,and is faint. 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. 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. 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. 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 himselfand says, “Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire.”