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He shapes it in human form, human form in all its glory, that it may dwell in a shrine. <a href="/nlt/isaiah/44.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then the wood-carver measures a block of wood and draws a pattern on it. He works with chisel and plane and carves it into a human figure. He gives it human beauty and puts it in a little shrine. <a href="/esv/isaiah/44.htm">English Standard Version</a> The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. He shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/44.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/44.htm">King James Bible</a> The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/44.htm">New King James Version</a> The craftsman stretches out his rule, He marks one out with chalk; He fashions it with a plane, He marks it out with the compass, And makes it like the figure of a man, According to the beauty of a man, that it may remain in the house. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/44.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The craftsman of wood extends a measuring line; he outlines it with a marker. He works it with carving knives and outlines it with a compass, and makes it like the form of a man, like the beauty of mankind, so that it may sit in a house. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/44.htm">NASB 1995</a> Another shapes wood, he extends a measuring line; he outlines it with red chalk. He works it with planes and outlines it with a compass, and makes it like the form of a man, like the beauty of man, so that it may sit in a house. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/44.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Another shapes wood, he extends a measuring line; he outlines it with red chalk. He works it with planes, and outlines it with a compass, and makes it like the form of a man, like the beauty of man, so that it may sit in a house. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/44.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Another crafts wood, he extends a measuring line; he outlines it with a stylus. He makes it with planes and outlines it with a compass and makes it like the form of a man, like the glory of man, so that it may sit in a house. <a href="/amp/isaiah/44.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The carpenter stretches out a measuring line, he marks out the shape [of the idol] with red chalk; he works it with planes and outlines it with the compass; and he makes it like the form of a man, like the beauty of man, that it may sit in a house. <a href="/csb/isaiah/44.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The woodworker stretches out a measuring line, he outlines it with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He makes it according to a human form, like a beautiful person, to dwell in a temple. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/44.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The woodworker stretches out a measuring line, he outlines it with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He makes it according to a human likeness, like a beautiful person, to dwell in a temple. <a href="/asv/isaiah/44.htm">American Standard Version</a> The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he shapeth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and shapeth it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. <a href="/cev/isaiah/44.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Some woodcarver measures a piece of wood, then draws an outline. The idol is carefully carved with each detail exact. At last it looks like a person and is placed in a temple. <a href="/erv/isaiah/44.htm">English Revised Version</a> The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he shapeth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and shapeth it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in the house. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/44.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Carpenters measure blocks of wood with [chalk] lines. They mark them with pens. They carve them with chisels and mark them with compasses. They carve them into forms of people, beautiful people, so the idols can live in shrines. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/44.htm">Good News Translation</a> The carpenter measures the wood. He outlines a figure with chalk, carves it out with his tools, and makes it in the form of a man, a handsome human figure, to be placed in his house. <a href="/isv/isaiah/44.htm">International Standard Version</a> The carpenter measures it with a line; he traces its shape with a stylus, then fashions it with planes and shapes it with a compass. He makes the idol like a human figure, with human beauty, to be at home in a shrine. <a href="/msb/isaiah/44.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine. <a href="/net/isaiah/44.htm">NET Bible</a> A carpenter takes measurements; he marks out an outline of its form; he scrapes it with chisels, and marks it with a compass. He patterns it after the human form, like a well-built human being, and puts it in a shrine. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/44.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The 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. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/44.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. <a href="/web/isaiah/44.htm">World English Bible</a> The 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/44.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> He has worked [with] wood, "" He has stretched out a rule, "" He marks it out with a line, "" He makes it with carving tools, "" And he marks it out with a compass, "" And makes it according to the form of a man, "" According to the beauty of a man, "" To remain in the house. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/44.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> He hath wrought with wood, He hath stretched out a rule, He doth mark it out with a line, He maketh it with carving tools, And with a compass he marketh it out, And maketh it according to the form of a man, According to the beauty of a man, To remain in the house. <a href="/slt/isaiah/44.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> The workman of woods stretched out the line; he will delineate it with an awl, he will do it with chisels, and he will delineate it with a compass, and he will make it according to the image of a man, according to the beauty of man; to dwell in the house.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/44.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The carpenter hath stretched out his rule, he hath formed it with a plane: he hath made it with corners, and hath fashioned it round with the compass: and he hath made the image of a man as it were a beautiful man dwelling in a house. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/44.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The maker of wood has extended his ruler. He has formed it with a plane. He has made it with corners, and he has smoothed its curves. And he has made the image of a man, a seemingly beautiful man, dwelling in a house. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/44.htm">New American Bible</a> The woodworker stretches a line, and marks out a shape with a stylus. He shapes it with scraping tools, with a compass measures it off, Making it the copy of a man, human display, enthroned in a shrine. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/44.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The carpenter stretches a line, marks it out with a stylus, fashions it with planes, and marks it with a compass; he makes it in human form, with human beauty, to be set up in a shrine.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/44.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> The carpenter selects a piece of wood, and stretches out his rule; he marks it out with a line; he fashions it with planes and makes it into the likeness of a man, according to the beauty of a man; <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/44.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> The carpenter chooses wood and he measures it, and he fastens it with glue, and he carves it and he makes it in the likeness of a man, according to the beauty of a son of man<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/44.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> The carpenter stretcheth out a line; He marketh it out with a pencil; He fitteth it with planes, And he marketh it out with the compasses, And maketh it after the figure of a man, According to the beauty of a man, to dwell in the house. <a href="/sep/isaiah/44.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> The artificer having chosen a piece of wood, marks it out with a rule, and fits it with glue, and makes it as the form of a man, and as the beauty of a man, to set it up in the house. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=9790" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/44.htm">The LORD has Chosen Israel</a> …12The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint. 13<a href="/hebrew/2796.htm" title="2796: ḥā·raš (N-msc) -- Engraver, artificer. From charash; a fabricator or any material.">The woodworker</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘ê·ṣîm (N-mp) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: nā·ṭāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">extends</a> <a href="/hebrew/6957.htm" title="6957: qāw (N-ms) -- Or qav; from qavah; a cord, especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord.">a measuring line;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8388.htm" title="8388: yə·ṯā·’ă·rê·hū (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- Taanath-shiloh -- probably to incline. A primitive root; to delineate; reflex. To extend.">he marks it out</a> <a href="/hebrew/8279.htm" title="8279: ḇaś·śe·reḏ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A stylus. From sarad; a scribing-awl.">with a stylus;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ya·‘ă·śê·hū (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">he shapes</a> <a href="/hebrew/4741.htm" title="4741: bam·maq·ṣu·‘ō·wṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fp) -- A scraping tool. From qatsa'; a scraper, i.e. A carving chisel.">it with chisels</a> <a href="/hebrew/8388.htm" title="8388: yə·ṯā·’o·rê·hū (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- Taanath-shiloh -- probably to incline. A primitive root; to delineate; reflex. To extend.">and outlines</a> <a href="/hebrew/4230.htm" title="4230: ū·ḇam·mə·ḥū·ḡāh (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A compass. From chuwg; an instrument for marking a circle, i.e. Compasses.">it with a compass.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: way·ya·‘ă·śê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">He fashions it</a> <a href="/hebrew/8403.htm" title="8403: kə·ṯaḇ·nîṯ (Prep-k:: N-fsc) -- Construction, pattern, figure. From banah; structure; by implication, a model, resemblance.">in the likeness</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">of man,</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: ’ā·ḏām (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">like man</a> <a href="/hebrew/8597.htm" title="8597: kə·ṯip̄·’e·reṯ (Prep-k:: N-fsc) -- Beauty, glory. Or tiphereth; from pa'ar; ornament.">in all his glory,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: lā·še·ḇeṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">that it may dwell</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bā·yiṯ (N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">in a shrine.</a> 14He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/20-4.htm">Exodus 20:4</a> You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-16.htm">Deuteronomy 4:16-18</a> that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female, / of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air, / or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below. <a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Psalm 115:4-8</a> Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ... <a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Jeremiah 10:3-5</a> For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. / They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. / Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.” <a href="/habakkuk/2-18.htm">Habakkuk 2:18-19</a> What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak. / Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.” <a href="/romans/1-22.htm">Romans 1:22-23</a> Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. <a href="/acts/17-29.htm">Acts 17:29</a> Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination. <a href="/1_corinthians/12-2.htm">1 Corinthians 12:2</a> You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. <a href="/1_john/5-21.htm">1 John 5:21</a> Little children, keep yourselves from idols. <a href="/isaiah/40-19.htm">Isaiah 40:19-20</a> To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains? / One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple. <a href="/isaiah/41-6.htm">Isaiah 41:6-7</a> Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!” / The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled. <a href="/isaiah/46-5.htm">Isaiah 46:5-7</a> To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike? / They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship. / They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles. <a href="/2_kings/19-18.htm">2 Kings 19:18</a> They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands. <a href="/2_chronicles/33-7.htm">2 Chronicles 33:7</a> Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever. <a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Ezekiel 8:10-12</a> So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel. / Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising. / “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The carpenter stretches out his rule; he marks it out with a line; he fits it with planes, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.he marketh<a href="/exodus/20-4.htm">Exodus 20:4,5</a> Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: … <a href="/deuteronomy/4-16.htm">Deuteronomy 4:16-18,28</a> Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, … <a href="/acts/17-29.htm">Acts 17:29</a> Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.that it may<a href="/genesis/31-19.htm">Genesis 31:19,30,32</a> And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's… <a href="/genesis/35-2.htm">Genesis 35:2</a> Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:<a href="/deuteronomy/27-15.htm">Deuteronomy 27:15</a> Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Beauty</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-7.htm">Carpenter</a> <a href="/joshua/15-10.htm">Circles</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-27.htm">Compass</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-18.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-20.htm">Extends</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-6.htm">Figure</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-5.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-7.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-7.htm">House</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-15.htm">Instrument</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-11.htm">Line</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-12.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-19.htm">Making</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-15.htm">Marker</a> <a href="/job/33-11.htm">Marketh</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Marks</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-7.htm">Measures</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-5.htm">Measuring</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-1.htm">Outline</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-4.htm">Outlines</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-19.htm">Plane</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-2.htm">Red</a> <a href="/job/38-19.htm">Reside</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-2.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-12.htm">Shapes</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm">Stretches</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm">Stretcheth</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-20.htm">Wood</a> <a href="/mark/6-3.htm">Woodworker</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/53-2.htm">Beauty</a> <a href="/matthew/13-55.htm">Carpenter</a> <a href="/joshua/15-10.htm">Circles</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-11.htm">Compass</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-20.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-8.htm">Extends</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-7.htm">Figure</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-14.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-25.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-3.htm">House</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-16.htm">Instrument</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-39.htm">Line</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-14.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-17.htm">Making</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-15.htm">Marker</a> <a href="/job/33-11.htm">Marketh</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm">Marks</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-25.htm">Measures</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-39.htm">Measuring</a> <a href="/romans/2-20.htm">Outline</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-4.htm">Outlines</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-13.htm">Plane</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-2.htm">Red</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-4.htm">Reside</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-5.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Shapes</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-24.htm">Stretches</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-24.htm">Stretcheth</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-14.htm">Wood</a> <a href="/mark/6-3.htm">Woodworker</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 44</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/44-1.htm">God comforts the church with his promises</a> 7. <a href="/isaiah/44-7.htm">The vanity of idols</a> 9. <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">And folly of idol makers</a> 21. <a href="/isaiah/44-21.htm">He exhorts to praise God for his redemption and omnipotence</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/44.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/44.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>The woodworker extends a measuring line; This phrase highlights the meticulous planning and precision involved in the creation of idols. In ancient times, craftsmen were skilled artisans who took great care in their work. The measuring line signifies the beginning of the process, ensuring that the idol is crafted to exact specifications. This reflects the futility of idol worship, as it contrasts with the divine creation of the universe, which required no such human tools or measurements (Genesis 1).he marks it out with a stylus; The use of a stylus indicates the detailed design work involved in idol creation. A stylus was a tool used for engraving or marking, suggesting that the idol is carefully planned and crafted. This meticulous attention to detail underscores the irony of idol worship, as these man-made objects are revered despite their human origin. The act of marking also parallels the divine act of writing the law on tablets, yet here it is used for a purpose contrary to God's commandments (<a href="/exodus/31-18.htm">Exodus 31:18</a>).he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. Chisels and compasses were common tools in ancient craftsmanship, used to carve and shape materials. This phrase emphasizes the human effort and skill involved in creating idols, contrasting with the effortless power of God in creation. The use of these tools highlights the artificial nature of idols, which are crafted from lifeless materials. This serves as a reminder of the prophetic warnings against idolatry, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Jeremiah 10:3-5</a>, where idols are described as lifeless and powerless.He fashions it in the likeness of man, Creating idols in human likeness reflects the tendency to anthropomorphize deities, making them relatable and tangible. This practice was common in many ancient cultures, where gods were often depicted in human form. Theologically, this contrasts with the biblical teaching that humans are made in the image of God (<a href="/genesis/1-27.htm">Genesis 1:27</a>), not the other way around. The creation of idols in human likeness is a distortion of this truth, as it elevates the created above the Creator.like man in all his glory, This phrase suggests that the idol is crafted to reflect human ideals of beauty and glory. It highlights the human desire to create something admirable and worthy of worship. However, this pursuit of glory is misplaced, as true glory belongs to God alone (<a href="/isaiah/42-8.htm">Isaiah 42:8</a>). The emphasis on human glory in idol creation serves as a critique of human pride and the tendency to seek glory apart from God.that it may dwell in a shrine. The purpose of the idol is to reside in a shrine, a designated place of worship. This reflects the cultural and religious practices of the time, where shrines were built to house idols and facilitate worship. Theologically, this contrasts with the biblical understanding of God's presence, which is not confined to man-made structures (<a href="/acts/17-24.htm">Acts 17:24</a>). The dwelling of idols in shrines underscores their limitations and the futility of seeking divine presence in lifeless objects.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/w/woodworker.htm">Woodworker</a> Represents the craftsman or idol maker who uses his skills to create idols from wood. 2. <a href="/topical/m/measuring_line,_stylus,_chisels,_compass.htm">Measuring Line, Stylus, Chisels, Compass</a> Tools used by the craftsman to design and shape the idol, symbolizing human effort and precision in creating false gods. 3. <a href="/topical/m/man_in_all_his_glory.htm">Man in All His Glory</a> The idol is made in the likeness of a human, reflecting human attributes and glory, yet lacking divine power. 4. <a href="/topical/s/shrine.htm">Shrine</a> The place where the idol is placed, signifying the worship and reverence given to man-made objects instead of the true God. 5. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> The prophet who delivers God's message, warning against idolatry and calling people back to worship the one true God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_folly_of_idolatry.htm">The Folly of Idolatry</a> Idolatry is a futile endeavor, as it involves worshiping the creation rather than the Creator. It is important to recognize and reject modern forms of idolatry in our lives. <a href="/topical/h/human_effort_vs._divine_power.htm">Human Effort vs. Divine Power</a> The passage highlights the contrast between human effort in creating idols and the divine power of God. We should rely on God's power rather than our own efforts or creations. <a href="/topical/t/true_worship.htm">True Worship</a> Worship should be directed to God alone, who is worthy of all glory and honor. Evaluate areas in life where misplaced devotion might occur. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_misplaced_glory.htm">The Danger of Misplaced Glory</a> The idol is made in the likeness of man, reflecting human glory. We must be cautious not to glorify ourselves or others above God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_call_to_repentance.htm">God's Call to Repentance</a> Isaiah's message is a call to turn away from idols and return to God. Reflect on areas where repentance is needed in our own lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_44.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 44</a> <a href="/q/why_link_isaiah_13_to_later_events.htm">If Isaiah 13 was written in the 8th century BCE, why do some scholars suggest it reflects later events, raising questions about its authorship and date?</a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_god's_world_with_other_deities.htm">(Psalm 24:1) If the entire world belongs to the Lord, how do we reconcile this with the existence of other deities in different religious traditions? </a> <a href="/q/what_is_idol_worship.htm">What defines the practice of idol worship?</a> <a href="/q/isaiah_46_9__how_is_'no_other_god'_true.htm">Isaiah 46:9: How can we reconcile the claim that there is “no other God” with the clear presence and worship of many deities in ancient Near Eastern culture? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/44.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) The carpenter.--The wooden idol comes next. First there is the rough measurement with the "rule;" then the artificer draws the outline of the figure in red chalk. "Plane" and "compasses" come in to make the form more definite. The human figure is complete; then there is the artist's final touch to add the element of beauty; and so it is ready for the "house," or temple.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/44.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - The carpenter, etc. When the smith has done his part in the formation of tools, the carpenter is called into action. His proceedings are traced "extragressively." (Delitzsch). First, he is regarded as in possession of his block of wood. On this he proceeds to stretch out his rule, to obtain the idol's length and breadth. Then he marks out on the block a rough outline with red chalk (sered). After this he pares away the superfluous wood with planes, or chisels, and marks out the limbs more accurately with the compass, planing and measuring until he has brought the rough block into the figure of a man, and impressed on it something of the beauty of a man, so that it may seem worthy of remaining in the place where it is set up, whether temple or private house. But there is something necessarily anterior to all this. To obtain his block, the carpenter must first cut down a tree, or have one cut down for him (ver. 14); to obtain a tree, he (or some one for him) must have planted it; for the tree to have grown to a fitting size, the rain must have watered it. So the very existence of these wooden idols depends ultimately on whether it has rained or not - i.e., whether God has given his rain or withheld it. <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/44-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The woodworker חָרַ֣שׁ (ḥā·raš) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2790.htm">Strong's 2790: </a> To cut in, engrave, plow, devise extends נָ֣טָה (nā·ṭāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend a measuring line; קָו֒ (qāw) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6957.htm">Strong's 6957: </a> A cord, for, measuring, a rule, a rim, a musical string, accord he marks it out יְתָאֲרֵ֣הוּ (yə·ṯā·’ă·rê·hū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8388.htm">Strong's 8388: </a> Taanath-shiloh -- probably to incline with a stylus; בַשֶּׂ֔רֶד (ḇaś·śe·reḏ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8279.htm">Strong's 8279: </a> A, scribing-awl he shapes יַעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ (ya·‘ă·śê·hū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make it with chisels בַּמַּקְצֻע֔וֹת (bam·maq·ṣu·‘ō·wṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4741.htm">Strong's 4741: </a> A scraper, a carving chisel and outlines יְתָאֳרֵ֑הוּ (yə·ṯā·’o·rê·hū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8388.htm">Strong's 8388: </a> Taanath-shiloh -- probably to incline it with a compass. וּבַמְּחוּגָ֖ה (ū·ḇam·mə·ḥū·ḡāh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4230.htm">Strong's 4230: </a> An instrument for, marking a, circle, compasses He fashions it וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ (way·ya·‘ă·śê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make in the likeness כְּתַבְנִ֣ית (kə·ṯaḇ·nîṯ) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8403.htm">Strong's 8403: </a> Structure, a model, resemblance of man, אִ֔ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person like man אָדָ֖ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> Ruddy, a human being in all his glory, כְּתִפְאֶ֥רֶת (kə·ṯip̄·’e·reṯ) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8597.htm">Strong's 8597: </a> Beauty, glory that it may dwell לָשֶׁ֥בֶת (lā·še·ḇeṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in a shrine. בָּֽיִת׃ (bā·yiṯ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/44-13.htm">Isaiah 44:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/44-13.htm">Isaiah 44:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/44-13.htm">Isaiah 44:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/44-13.htm">Isaiah 44:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/44-13.htm">Isaiah 44:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/44-13.htm">Isaiah 44:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/44-13.htm">Isaiah 44:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/44-13.htm">Isaiah 44:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/44-13.htm">Isaiah 44:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/44-13.htm">Isaiah 44:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-13.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 44:13 The carpenter stretches out a line (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/44-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 44:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 44:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/44-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 44:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 44:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>