Isaiah 44:13
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.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 44 connects to 10 cross-references. Polemical satire against idolatry: a craftsman cuts down a tree, uses half to warm himself and bake bread, and makes the other half into a god before which he bows. No one stops to consider — 'Shall I bow down …
Other Translations
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.
He hath wrought <FI>with<Fi> 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.
The woodworker is measuring out the wood with his line, marking it out with his pencil: after smoothing it with his plane, and making circles on it with his instrument, he gives it the form and glory of a man, so that it may be placed in the house.
Cross References
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou …
With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, …
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are …
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, …
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous …
Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or …
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters …
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor …
Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the …