OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 44:12

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The 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.

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Verse 12. File. Hebrew mahatsad, ( Bible. Jeremiah 10:3.) “to make an ax, with,” and so forth This is the remote cause of the idol.

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