“The carpenter also makes a god.
He worships it.
He makes this carved image.
He bows down before it.
He burns half of it in the fire.
Over this half,
He roasts meat.
He eats it.
He is satisfied.
He also warms himself.
He says.
‘O!
I am warm!
I can feel the fire!’
He makes the rest of it
Into a god,
His idol.
He bows down to it.
He worships it.
He prays to it.
He says.
‘Save me!
You are my god!’”
Second Isaiah has this carpenter carve a god out of his wood and then worship it. He takes this carved image and bows down to it. With the left over wood he starts a fire, so that he was able to cook a piece of meat that he ate with great satisfaction. This fire also kept him warm. However, the rest of this wood was used to make his idol god. After he had completed his carving, he bowed down to it, worshipped it, and prayed to it. He said that his carved idol was his god, so that he wanted this own carved idol to save him. In other words, he made a god to save him.
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