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Isaiah 44:12
King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible
The smith with the tongs (note: Or, with an axe) both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
The 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.