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For the artificer sharpens the iron; he fashions with an axe, and fixes it with an awl, and fashions it with the strength of his arm: and he will be hungry and weak, and will drink no water.
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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.
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He cuts wood out of the forest, which the Lord planted, a pine tree, and the rain made it grow,
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that it might be for men to burn: and having taken part of it he warms himself; yea, they burn part of it, and bake loaves thereon; and the rest they make for themselves gods, and they worship them.
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Half thereof he burns in the fire, and with half of it he bakes loaves on the coals; and having roasted flesh on it he eats, and is satisfied, and having warmed himself he says, I am comfortable, for I have warmed myself, and have seen the fire.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.