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Isaia 44:15

Listen to Isaia 44:15
15 E quegli alberi servono all’uomo per bruciare; ed egli ne prende una parte, e se ne scalda; ed anche ne accende del fuoco, e ne cuoce del pane; ed anche ne fa un dio, e l’adora; ne fa una scultura, e le s’inchina.

Isaia 44:15 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 44:15

Then shall it be for a man to burn
And which indeed is the proper use of it, but not all that this man puts it to; only the boughs, and what he cuts off as useless to his purpose, and the chips he makes, which he commits to the fire: for he will take thereof, and warm himself;
with some part of it he makes a fire in his parlour, and warms himself when it is cold weather: yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread;
he heats his oven with another part of it, and bakes the bread he has made for himself and family to live on, and which is putting it to a good use: yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh a graven image, and
falleth down thereto;
the other part of the tree, and which is the better part, he makes an image of, and carves it, and calls it a god; and not only so, but when he has done, falls down and worships it; than which there cannot be a greater instance of stupidity and folly.

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Isaia 44:15 In-Context

13 Il legnaiuolo stende il regolo, disegna la scultura con la sinopia, la lavora con asce, e la disegna con la sesta, e la fa alla somiglianza umana, secondo la gloria dell’uomo; acciocchè dimori in casa.
14 Tagliando de’ cedri, egli prende un elce, ed una quercia, e li lascia fortificar fra gli alberi di una selva; egli pianta un frassino salvatico, il qual la pioggia fa crescere.
15 E quegli alberi servono all’uomo per bruciare; ed egli ne prende una parte, e se ne scalda; ed anche ne accende del fuoco, e ne cuoce del pane; ed anche ne fa un dio, e l’adora; ne fa una scultura, e le s’inchina.
16 Egli ne avrà bruciata la metà al fuoco, col mezzo dell’altra metà egli avrà mangiata della carne, ed avrà arrostito l’arrosto, e si sarà saziato; ed anche, dopo essersi scaldato, dirà: Eia! io mi sono scaldato; io ho veduto il fuoco.
17 Poi impiega il rimanente a fare un dio, in una sua scultura, alla quale egli s’inchina, e l’adora, e gli fa orazione, e dice: Liberami; perciocchè tu sei il mio dio.

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